| DATE | CITIES | DESCRIPTION |
| SFO LAX AKL CHC |
Flight to Auckland and onward to Christchurch, NZ "Visited country #30"... A trip that's been more than 5 years in the making! Luggage adventure -- again: Is this a trend for all trips "Down Under"? :) |
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| Christchurch | Roaming around "The Garden City" Christchurch Gondola New Brighton Pier Picking up a passenger/travel companion! |
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| Christchurch Lake Pukaki Lake Tekapo Mt. Cook Timaru |
The perfect start to the roadtrip | |
| Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill Bluff |
Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony The opportunistic birds at a Dunedin restaurant Southernmost city in New Zealand (4,810km from South Pole and 18,958km from London) |
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| Invercargill Lake Wakatipu Queenstown |
A gorgeous drive along a lake Skydiving attempt Skyline Gondola |
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| Queenstown Te Anau Fiordland National Park 10 Miles Before Milford Sound Te Anau |
Successful skydive Heavenly drive with mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls, flowers, sheep, eels, keas, and hawks (not eagles) |
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| Te Anau Milford Sound Te Anau Wanaka |
Completed trip to Milford Sound, then back down and up to Wanaka Temptations |
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| Wanaka Mt. Aspiring National Park Fox Glacier Franz Joseph Glacier Arthur's Pass National Park Christchurch |
Longest driving day of the trip Back to a familiar city |
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| Christchurch CHC airport Nelson |
Alone again Drive along the Northeast coast to the North coast of South Island |
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| Nelson Upper Buller Gorge Scenic Reserve Lower Buller Gorge Scenic Reserve Cape Foulwind Paparoa National Park Greymouth |
Drive back to the West coast of South Island, via a couple of National Parks | |
| Greymouth Reefton Lewis Pass Christchurch |
Back to my most-visited city in New Zealand via Lewis Pass Road | |
| Christchurch Akaroa CHC AKL Auckland |
Drive along the rim of a volcano to the town of Akaroa Said goodbye to South Island Flight to North Island |
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| Auckland | Rest Day Risking my life again at Sky Tower Skywalk New Years Eve |
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| Auckland Rotorua |
A short drive, then another "rest day" | |
| Rotorua Huka Falls Taupo Hamilton |
The most visited waterfalls in New Zealand (I wonder why) Lake Taupo |
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| Hamilton A rest area on Hwy 1 at Mercer AKL SFO |
Drive to Auckland airport Watched the world's largest passenger plane land at AKL Flight back home |
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