0 Upon leaving Queenstown Saturday morning, the Frank Josef Glacier walk was far from the top of my mind. Most immediately, I wanted to re-attempt the so-called Blue Pools Track—the pools, if you’ll recall, had been...
0Before I landed in New Zealand’s largest city, I found myself far more pre-occupied with the idea of day trips from Auckland than I did when I actually arrived. You see, in spite of having...
0“Do you know which mountain that is?” the man whose legs I was sitting between asked, as the rickety biplane neared its final cruising altitude.I played dumb even though I’d spent two days at the...
0The night before I made my way to Lake Tekapo, I dreamed of a plane crash. Thankfully, no such fate befell me as I flew from Auckland to Christchurch, which makes sense: A Qatar Airways...
0Driving southward through the Central Otago region early Wednesday morning, I laughed when I realized that my next three days would focus far less on things to do in Queenstown itself, and more on destinations...
0As I drove away from Punakaiki and New Zealand’s wet West Coast Monday morning, things to do in Christchurch were bouncing around my head, at least ostensibly. But a larger truth loomed over my awareness:...
0The scope of things to do in Lake Taupo, at least the ones I would be tackling during my trip there, narrowed before I even left Auckland. Waitomo Caves, it seemed, prohibited photography, at least...
0 I was mentally combing through my list of things to do in Auckland when the obnoxious Upper Midwestern voice began blaring from the seat behind me. “Did you know,” the woman asked her husband, precisely...
We Blog the World (WBTW) was founded by Renee Blodgett whose initial goal was to cross pollinate ideas and stories across the globe with the hope of providing a deeper understanding of cultures foreign to our own. It has morphed from its earliest days and is today dedicated to Transformative Travel, at the crossroads of where adventure, wellness and luxury meet. From some of the most passionate voices on the web, you’ll find rich storytelling and photography from every continent. Read More.
