It was the perfect day for a hike. We awoke in the crisp autumn air, a slight icy condensation on the car windows, to a hazily clear sky and snow peaked mountains all around us. Taylor and I both knew we wanted to hike; what we didn’t know was which track. We had camped the…
Category: south island
life, dunedin style
Ask and you shall receive, they always say. People have been wondering what I’m up to. You all know I took a nice long road trip out of Paihia to Auckland, but I sort of stopped the story there. You see, my plans were vague. I didn’t know what I was doing. I was tagging…
travel essay: flying over the remarkables
While in Queenstown over the Queen’s birthday weekend, I took the opportunity to explore the Remarkables mountain range by helicopter. I had contacted several tour companies asking about media rates and had been in contact with The Helicopter Line, based out at the Queenstown airport in Frankton. They said they had a 2:30 flight available,…
travel essay: milford sound
To my right, the sun tries hard to peek through the heavy clouds. Crimsons, salmon, magenta, and gold fight for space with the grey early morning. To my left, a dense fog sits over Lake Te Anau, obscuring the mountains across the way. We speed along the lake, the roads curving seductively through the alpine…