Able Tazman

We are now in Able Tazman, national park, at the Kiteri Lodge. Our backpackers is accross the street from a golden sand beach. Not white sand but gold sand. Tomorrow we plan on getting on a water taxi getting dropped off at the northern end of the park and doing a 7 hour walk back down to our hostel. There are beaches and pools and waterfalls along the was so it should be pretty sweet.

Blenheim

Yesterday we drove to the lovely little town of Blenheim. And we did the only thing that there is to do in Blenheim... Rent some bicycles and get drunk!!!! HAHAHAH! Blenheim is actualy in the heart of the Marlbourough wine country. And we rented our bikes and rode to all the wine yards and did a tour and got some free wine tastes. There are 40 vineyards within biking distance we made it to 4 of them and then we were to hammered to go any further!! HAHAHAHA. We did however visite my mothers favorite wine maker Montana's I didn't know they were a NZ label. We had a great tour of that place and they taught us how to properly do wine tastings. Except we didn't spit the wine out like most people do.

Hobbiton

These pics are from Hobbiton. People actualy pay 85$$ to go see this place. Thank God kels and I were Filming our show at the time and got the tour for free.. or I woulda been kinda pissed. hahah. It was cool to see but the tour was so long and it really didn't have to be. The guide would point out a red post every ten feet and say something like... "see that red post?? thats where the stars would eat their meals" or "thats where the crew parked their trucks" And Kels and I were on camera so we had to act enthused. The pic taken from the hobbit hole is us with Jen and Ben they were the film crew that followed us around for 5 days. We had a blast with them.

GOOD TIMES!!

Well I couldn't help myself I had to put some more pics on tonight cause I don't know when we are going to find another comp that lets me do it. The pic on the left is the Huka river. Its the river that kels and I went swimming in later that day. At a calmer spot. The spot that we were at in the picture could fill an oplympic size pool in 3 seconds!! crazy so much water. The place we went swimming was still really blue just not so wild. scroll down to HOT SPRINGS to read more.
The other pic is Kels at the rugby game 2 nights ago. We had front row seats and our team got a tri (touchdown) with 0 seconds on the clock to put them up by 1 sweet game!! the crowd went nuts. And we got to see a fight. What a night.

Tongariro Crossing

Here are 2 pics from the 7 hour hike we did. The picture with me is taken infront of mount Doom, from lord of the rings, Right before the clouds roll in on us. Kels picture is taken about 4 hours into the walk and she is pointing at the mountain we had just hiked over. the black stuff in the valley infront of her is actually a magma field. pretty sweet eh! The walk was insane! We have so many sweet pics from it.

PICTURES!!!

finally a comp that I can use to add some pics!! these are two new sports that we've tried here. DUNE ridding and Gumboot throwing. Which is throwing a rubber boot as far as you can. Its harder than it sounds kels was pretty good I sucked. And everytime a guy dosen't throw as far as the girls winning mark they have to lose some clothes. Sweet game!!

Wellington

We have hoped off the bus tour for a couple of days and are going to be spending some time in Wellington the capital of New Zealand. It is the southern tip of the north Island. We are going to be spending our time at the 5 floor museum a very interactive and technological museum. Everyone has told us that we need to spend atleast 2 days going through there. And they have an Egyptian exhibit on right now with a 2700 year old mummy should be cool. And we are going to a Rugby game tomorrow! I can't wait! Then we are heading to the south Island on sat.

7 hour hike

Yesterday we did the #1 day hike in the world. It was deffinatly unbelieveable. The hike took 7 hours and we went up a mountain and down the otherside. We went by hot pools and gas vents and through the clouds, And right by mount Doom from the lord of the rings. A lot of the filming for Mordor was done in the park we were in. It was sweet. But we were both extreamly exhausted by the end. It was really hard to do but well worth it. The hike was called the Tongariro Crossing.

Hot springs

On Monday we were in Taupo. A sweet town on a lake surrounded by mountains and rivers. Kels and I heard about this place where a hot spring river meets up with a mountain glacier river. So we hiked down there. It was so cool. Were the hot srings came down it went into what looked like a hot tub with a waterfall behind it. And if you got too hot you could just move towards the bright blue river and cool off a bit. I loved it there.

Sweet As....

So we've been having such a good time on our bus tour. We got to go on one of the Nicest beaches by ourselves because they had closed down the walking track to film the second Narnia movie. So we took a kayak tour and they made us wait for 10min to finish filming but it was so worth a beach with just us and our tour 3 others. so so nice. Google Catherdral Cove you might get some pics. Yesterday was surfing and a sweet hostel in the bush and a Flying Fox zip line in the pitch black. I was up in time to see the sunrise on the east coast and I watched the sunset on the west coast. It was pretty sweet.
Today we spent going in caves for about 4 hours www.waitomo.co.nz such a good time tubbing underground and going through small spaces. A little freaky at times especially the rebirth Tunnel a 12 m tunnel in the pitch black with no room anywhere around up down or to the sides. We the black water rafting if you check out the web site.

Started Our Bus Tour

We started our bus tour today! Hurray!! Starting From Auckland and we are making our way down to Christchurch to fly out of NZ on March 20th. If you would like to check out our bus tour i'm sure you can find it online at www.straytravel.com the tour we are doing is called the short Moe. We are currently in the Coromandel on a beautiful White sand beach. And we will be going sea kayaking tomorrow, I can't wait. Then for the weekend we will be surfing!!! I love surfin so it'll be a sweet weekend.

In Auckland

Hi everybody
We are back in Auckland and have been staying with friends of ours, Tracey and Jason, that we met while camping in Whinanaki. They took us to a place called spookers the other night check them out at www.spookers.co.nz this place is an old assilum turned into a haunted house and I have never been so scared in my life! it was so sweet. They have a rule that you must go pee before going in just in case and they have a board for you to wright on if you do have an accident. And by the end of the night Tracey was on the board. hahaha.
Other than that we are set to start our bus tour of both islands. We start from auckland and head south till Christchurch. Then we are flying out to meet Kels parents in Australia for a week at the end of March then we will be coming home start of April.