Below are the blogs from our New Zealand adventure at the end of 2023 and into 2024. The first one listed is a summary of the trip with a reflection and is followed by other posts chronologically.
Two Weeks in New Zealand
It’s time to reflect and ruminate on what we’ve done, both to help us remember this trip and to…
New Zealand, Here We Come!
It’s time for our next trip, and this is a big one. For years, New Zealand has drawn Samuel…
NZ Day 1: Houston to Queenstown
Technically, this covers a couple of “Day 0s” as it goes from Tuesday to Thursday, though we lost Wednesday…
NZ Day 2: Queenstown to Milford Sound
We would not have believed that a seven-hour coach-ride could be so amazing, and that was just the day’s…
NZ Day 3: Milford Sound to Queenstown
The title makes this sound like a reverse of yesterday. I guess it was, but it was still amazing.…
NZ Day 4: Queenstown to Twizel
It was a day with ups and downs, and up and down… After a brief stop on the edge…
NZ Day 5: Twizel to Christchurch
Merry Christmas! This post might reach some of you on this great day, and I wish you a blessed…
NZ Day 6: Christchurch to Wellington
This was a travel day as we move from the South Island to the North. It was a welcome…
NZ Day 7: Wellington to New Plymouth
For what was mainly a travel day, we did lots of fun things too! The room was very comfortable,…
NZ Day 8: Hiking the Pouaki Crossing
In summary, this was not a great day. It was a hiking day and the weather wasn’t great, but…
NZ Day 9: New Plymouth to Rotorua
This was a really fun day with two very cool tours that we did en route to Rotorua. We…
NZ Day 10: SCUBA Diving in the Bay of Plenty
Our hectic schedule was making all of us pretty tired but Samuel and I had one more day of…
NZ Day 11: Kiwis, Redwoods, and 2024!
We all enjoyed our lie-ins with nothing specific planned for the day. After the suggestions from Vicky yesterday and…
NZ Day 12: The Finale
It was another chill day with little preplanned. We all enjoyed a lie-in after the late night, followed by…
NZ Day 13: Getting Home
This was not a day of interesting activities, but it’s a useful reference for the journey from NZ to…
The Adventures of the Cajunlimeys 