NZ Primer…
Well, judging by the fact that I'm typing this happy new blog posting from Singapore, you can gather that we have returned to our humble abode from New Zealand, and that we didn't die. As much as driving on the right side of the road, or being eaten by sheep, or falling off a glacier could have been a good time, we were well-behaved and have returned with all our limbs and toes intact (is that one word, or two?).
It's going to take us some sweet time to get our photos all organized, so I thought I'd at least throw up this mini-collage to give you a taste of the pain you're going to have to experience should you choose to read all of the blog postings we put up about our trip to NZ, and all of the photos we've taken (I won't be that verbose, I promise).
What I'll give you an idea of really quickly is where we went and what not. Here goes:
1) Arrived in Auckland (Upper middle of North island)
2) Drove to Paihia (Northeast portion of North Island)
3) Back to Auckland
4) Drove to Rotorua (Center of North island)
5) Back to Auckland (for Christmas, yummy turkey! Thanks Paul and Anne!)
6) Train from Auckland to Wellington (Didn't bump into Peter Jackson)
7) Ferry from Wellington to Picton
Drove from Picton to Westport
9) Drove from Westport to Franz Josef Glacier
10) Drove from Franz Josef Glacier to Queenstown
11) Drove from Queenstown to Milford Sound
12) Drove from Milford Sound to Dunedin
13) Drove from Dunedin to Oamaru
14) Drove from Oamaru to Christchurch
Fewf! Hopefully didn't bore you to death with that, but that's basically what we did and the order in which we did it. Lots more info and photos to follow sometime in the next few days. Bare with us as we get it all sorted out!
