2 Adults, 3 boys, 365 Days of Adventure

And no – we didn’t end the trip in New Zealand.  We continued on to Australia, Bali, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan.  I just haven’t been able to get the time or motivation to complete the daunting task of writing it all up.  But now that we are getting settled in Boulder I hope to be able to complete my adventure log of the Wandering Five.  Stay tuned…

On our last day in New Zealand we didn’t leave the boat.  Instead, almost the entire day was spent cruising in and out of the three most famous sounds in Fjord land National Park at the southwest tip of New Zealand (latitude between 45 and 46 degrees south – as far down as I have ever been).  I’m told that the Sounds are much like the fjords in Norway and if so then that’s another place I’m going to have

to make it

to because they are simply stunning.

First we went though Dusky Sound, then Doubtful and finally culminated with the amazing Milford Sound from 4-6 pm.  Each sound was more impressive than the next and Milford was unlike anything that I had ever seen before.  Huge cliffs that rose straight up out of either side of a narrow 10-mile strip of water, culminating in snow capped peaks 5,000 feet above us.  Glistening waterfalls poured gently down the sides creating a fine mist before hitting the ocean far below.  It was just spectacular and I couldn’t take my eyes off the scene as it unfolded in front of me.  Definitely the climax of our trip to New Zealand, for me, and I’m happy that it was my last impression of
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Our final port on our New Zealand adventure was the former gold town, and largest city, Dunedin.  The morning started out poorly when I got off the ship to look for our rental car only to find it wasn’t there (apparently I hadn’t read the confirmation email clearly enough and there was another step involved).  Luckily for about the same price, I was able to find a private guide with a mini-van waiting at the port and hired her for the day.  Our first stop was the Royal cardizem Levitra”>Brand Levitra Albatross Colony to try to catch site of the largest flighted birds in the world.  The tour and viewing was just an hour and while it was good introduction to the magnificent birds we didn’t actually get to Kamagra jelly see one flying.  Still a worthwhile experience.

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Our next stop was Natures Wonders Naturally, which is a privately owned wildlife sanctuary at the tip of the Otago Peninsula.  I had reserved our tour three weeks prior and when we arrived I walked up to the desk and said that we had reservations for a 10:45 tour.  The man behind the desk, who turned out to be the owner Perry, responded sarcastically “not here you don’t”.  My heart sank.  Had I messed up again?  Did I mix up the dates?  I was about to pull out my computer and show him my confirmation email when he took another look Levitra Professional at his schedule and realized that we did in fact have a reservation.  He then explained that all of his no prescription pharmacy online guides had left on other Cialis Brand Levitra tours (some mix up with the cruise ship buses) and he would have to take us himself.  “Great!” I thought thinking who better to show us around the property than the owner himself.  Boy was I mistaken!

Perry turned out to be one of the more egotistical and obnoxious people that I have had the displeasure of meeting.  He kept telling us how his property was the best thing that we had ever seen (at least 10 times).  At every stop along our route, on the Buy catapres online noisy stinky but capable 8 wheel drive Argos, instead of giving us information about what we were seeing he just kept telling us how great it was.  To top it all off he kept telling the kids (who were actually Buy online Viagra being perfectly well behaved for once) to be quiet and barking at them if they made a sound (the whole while he was practically yelling at us).  It really was a stunning beautiful property and we saw some very amazing wildlife (seal pups frolicking in the surf, yellow eyed penguins and their babies, etc) but the experience was deeply marred by this truly arrogant man.

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On our way back from Natures Wonders we took the “high road” back to Dunedin, which

took us along the top of the peninsula with amazing views of the ocean from both sides.

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After driving up, and back down, the steepest street in the world (Baldwin Street) we headed over to a tour of the Cadbury Chocolate factory.  The tour, as we had been pre-warned, was uninspired but the kids loved Kamagra it.  I would imagine that the bag full of free chocolate provided helped to sway them.

Getting the kids fed before an early morning trip is always an ordeal.  We had to leave the cialis Buy Orlistat Online Cialis cheap trial pack ship at 8 a.m. and after being up late watching a movie in kids club the boys were in no mood to motivate quickly.  Room service (which is free on Buy Viagra, Buy Cialis, Buy Levitra Without Prescription the ship) arrived at 7:30 and the boys were still groggy from having just been woken up.  They managed to eat a little before being rushed out the door.  Unfortunately, due to very restrictive quarantine laws, we can’t take any food off

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Rix from Hassle Free Tours picked us up at 8:15 a.m. from the Lyttleton iSite on this slightly overcast and cold Saturday morning.  After hopping into his jacked-up four-wheel dive mini-van we were on our way to Christchurch for a quick drive through tour on our way up to Springfield to meet our jet boat.  Cialis Jelly Christchurch is a really lovely city set on the Wiamak river delta (aka completely flat) and has a very quaint downtown area, which surrounds their Cathedral (which the local Kiwi’s are justifiably proud of).

Jet boating, was one of my most anticipated activities in New Zealand, was definitely all it was cracked up to be.  Our group of 15 donned splash guards (i.e. rain coats) and life jackets and piled into a bright orange and red Hamilton jet boat, which was docked at the rivers edge.  Within minutes we were speeding up the Wiamak river at 35 miles per hour veering around corners and bouncing off the rocks on the river bottom.  The boat can operate (if it is at cruising speed) in water as shallow as 3 inches and we definitely proved that on this trip.  It was an exhilarating, and beautiful, 45-minute ride with plenty of screams from Jennifer and hoots of pleasure from me to prove it.  It was defin itely an intense experience for the kids and I think their memory of

it will look more favorably upon it than what they actually experienced.

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Next up was a two-hour trek Tadacip through a high-country farm on board a Unimog – a four wheel drive all-terain truck formerly used Buy Viagra Soft Tabs Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed to transport troops around New Zealand.  This 5-ton beast could go anywhere!  We climbed up 45-degree angle ridges without issue, drove through riverbeds as if they were a paved road and up two and a half Cialis Professional Tadacip foot river banks like they were speed bumps – really a very impressive machine.  The high point of the trek (literally) was when we parked at the top of a hill about 1200 feet above the valley floor and had amazing 360 degree views of foothills of the Alps and out to the Canterbury plains.  I would have liked to stay up there all day.  Although Jennifer was a mid disturbed by the mounds of sheep poo littering

the hillside, and making it nearly impossible to step on anything else.

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After the off-roading ended we had a great lunch at a local café with views of the mountains and then headed back to our ship.  It was definitely a long day for the boys and without a snack they were all starving by the time we at lunch at 1:15.  Keeks passed the time by reading The Lord of the Rings on his Kindle (even while off-roading through riverbeds) but managed too look up when things got interesting.   That Buy lioresal online said I’m sure it was a day they will remember forever and look back on with fondness and longing.  I know Buy Trimox Online Without PrescriptionI will.

For our stop in New Zealand’s capital I decided to focus our energies on the modern, and enormous, Te Papa Museum.  We spent the entire morning and most Brand Viagra of the afternoon there and we only were able to see a fraction of it.  As the pharmacy generic national Buy trimox online Professional”>Viagra Professional museum of New Zealand it is part cultural, part science, part natural history, part art and architecture and while we were there it was also home to an exhibition of artifacts from Pompeii (which needless to say – we skipped as we had just been there ourselves).  We spent the most time in the Awesome Forces exhibit, which had fantastic hands on displays that demonstrated the geological forces Levitra Silagra buy online that shape New Zealand’s landscape.  The earthquake simulation house was especially cool.  The other area we spent time in was in “Our Place” a super cool multimedia exhibit that had this amazing 5-foot interactive wall.  The boys and I had a blast playing around with this very unique gadget you manipulated with big white flashlight looking laser wands.  You really have to see it to understand.

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- were both dependent on getting a car in Christchurch!

Jennifer, who had previously delegated all New Zealand shore excursion planning to me, was furious with me (unfairly I thought – but that’s a whole nother story) and we sat there in the iSite with her glaring at me as I desperately tried to find replacement activities for the next day.  After about an hour I had booked a private car that would take us to Christchurch city, take us jet cialis 5mg side effects boating, and take us off-roading in the foothills of the Alps (not the Alps proper – but this would have to do).  It was a lot more than I wanted to spend, but desperate times call for Buy Antibiotics Onlinedesperate measures.

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We had just a quick stop in Napier, which is famous for it’s art deco architecture, Cialis buy online and headed straight for the National Aquarium.  There we got a behind the scenes tour from “Crazy Scotty.”  Scotty showed up late with a smile on his face and a bucket of sliced raw fish and we knew we were in for a treat.  The first thing he did was pull a Blue Tongued lizard out of its tank and show us how it would kiss him if he put it near his lips.  He then Buy antibacterial drugs Buy apcalis sx oral jelly online let Keeks take Kamagra jelly a turn but Buying Levitraas the lizard approached Keeks would pull away at the last minute not quite able go though with it.

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Our Buy Levitra Online Viagra”>Brand Viagra first stop was Wai-o-Topu Thermal Wonderland, which is said to be the best collection of geothermal features in New Zealand.  The park is best known for its Lady Knox geyser, which erupts daily at 10:15 (I still don’t know how it tells time).  We arrived right at 10:15 and feared we missed it but the lady at the ticket desk informed Brand Levitra Tadacip me that it actually erupts for about an hour so we had nothing to worry about.  We rushed off to get our car, driving as quickly as we could the mile or so to the geyser, only to find the masses of tourists leaving “the lady” just as we got there.

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– but not nearly as forceful as those in Yellowstone (or even in Napa Valley for that matter).  The rest of the park was filled with all sorts of geothermal wonders include boiling mud pots, a florescent green sulfur lake, a giant steaming bubbling pool and Brand Viagra numerous craters.  The whole area smelled excessively of sulfur but seeing it was worth bearing potent stench.

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We spend the rest of the afternoon at Skyline Skyrides, which has a gondola with great views of Rotorua as well as a unique “luge track” rumored to be a lot of fun.  The gondola and observation area (which was only halfway up the mountain) did provide decent views of Rotorua but the area itself is nice but – and perhaps we are becoming jaded here – is really not that special and we couldn’t quite figure out what all of the fuss was about.  The luge on the other hand was really cool.

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We arrived in the Bay of Islands to a beautiful sunrise that illuminated the dozens of small rocky islands all around us in a gorgeous orange glow.  After tendering to shore and taking a bus into town, we boarded the sailing Silagra Buy tadalis sx soft online without prescription online pharmacy catamaran “Carino” for a full day tour of the islands and dolphin Buy Nexium Online Pharmacy No Prescription Needed Jelly”>Cialis Jelly watching.  We were lucky enough to find a small pod of four dolphins and we followed them around for about forty minutes.  While you can certainly have a better look at dolphins while

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Then I started thinking about all of the other creatures that could be lurking Buy furadantin in the grass that might have done him harm.

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