There is a very good reason why Milford Sound is New Zealand’s #1 tourist destination. In a country with so much amazing natural beauty that it’s come to be called “Godzone” (as in God’s Own Country), the #1 spot would have to be absolutely breathtaking. A place where you simply can not believe your eyes. Milford Sound (and the road that takes you there) more than does that.
In order for a place to be protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it must meet at least one out of ten …

After almost six months in the country, I finally made it to Queenstown, the southernmost of the places I wanted to visit while here. When I was in Wellington, and faced with cutting my trip short and returning to Canada, what upset me the most was that Id not even been to the South Island. How could I leave having never been to Queentown?
Queenstown is the self-styled adventure capital of the world, and you know, I think any other place would be hard pressed to come close. The birthplace of …

I cant believe Ive been back from my week-long galavant around the South Island for almost three weeks already; Life has been going super fast for me this last little while! I’ll try and write one recap a day for the next little while to bring you all up to date. Hopefully people are still reading this, Ive been such a crap blogger lately! So, going back three or four weeks:
After it became official that Id gotten the job in Christchurch, I had a week to kill before I could …

Sorry for lack of updating. In the last few weeks Ive gone travelling around the South Island, moved into my flat which as of yet does NOT have internet set up (cmon Vodafone), and started a new job. Also, my site was shutdown by my web host for about a week as something on the index.php file was causing problems on their server. So all of this put together means no blog for you.
Hopefully home internet situation will be sorted tonight, and I can start recapping my last few weeks …