Monthly Archives: June 2011

Sunrise on Hahei Beach

Living on the West Coast of the U.S. I have seen countless sunsets over the Pacific Ocean, yet I have never had the opportunity to watch the sunrise over the water. So while staying on Hahei Beach, on the Eastern Coast of New Zealand, I could not pass up the chance of watching dawn turn...

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Hot Water Beach

Imagine, hot water springs rising to the surface of a beautiful beach right at the water line, allowing you to dig your own hot “spa” in the sand.  This perfect combination of circumstances comes together on Hot Water Beach on the Coromandel coast of New Zealand. Angela and I panned our visit to this special...

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Good Kiwi’s eat their exotic fruit

While staying in the rainforest in the tropical north of Australia, I had the opportunity to taste some very strange and quite yummy exotic fruit.  This one fruit tasting gave me the curiosity and bravery to try any other unknown fruit I happen to stumble across in the markets.  Right before driving west to the...

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Cathedral Cove

My final trip with Angela was well spent on the Coromandel Peninsula. New Zealand has demonstrated to me time and time again her awesome beauty, and once I set eyes on limestone cliffs of Cathedral Cove I was yet again in awe. The hike to get to the cove was close to an hour long,...

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Friendly Cattle

Angela pulled off of the road on the way back to Wellington to show me a beautiful park in the area.  We ended up making friends with a herd of young bovines.  One of them got so friendly with Angela that she got slimed. It made for a fun little memory of our trip to...

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