The days are getting shorter, which means fewer long hikes and overnight kayaks. But we've still been keeping busy, even if we've got a little more downtime to get to know the Kiwi microbrew scene a
nd enjoy some awesome hospitality from Kiwi and American friends. Below are a few highlights from the past couple weeks.
Eating green lipped mussels, the local specialty in Marlborough sound, following a surprisingly hard hike on the Queen Charlotte track.
Then it was over to the North Island via a very scenic 4-hour ferry...
Riding the Wellington cable car and checking out a very cool and funky city for a few days while waiting for the Vietnamese embassy to process our visas for this summer (which eventually came through).
Fly fishing in the Tongariro river near Lake Taupo...
And having this guy for dinner last night (the fish, not Brook).
Along the way we spent a few great nights with with friends in Oakura; it was fun to be around a family (including a very enthusiastic 4 year old and über-chill one year old) after several weeks of having mostly german tourists for conversation...
Now we are outside Tongariro national park, awaiting a break in the weather before attempting our last big hike on NZ, which will take us through volcanic alpine environs that stood in for Mt. Doom in The Lord of the Rings...
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