Hello from Windy Welly! Wellington is NZ’s capitol and at the very bottom of the North Island, which means we have finished the North Island and have trekked 1686 kilometers, or roughly 1076 miles, during the past 65 days!!! I hope to do a grand summary of the North Island very soon. But for now,…
Hello from Whanganui! We left Taumarunui last Saturday and have come 322K, or 207 miles, to kilometer 1370 on the trail. It has been a long time without service, so I apologize for the information and picture overload. We’ve had a VERY interesting 9 days on the trail. This is definitely our favorite section so far.…
Hello from Taumarunui! We have traveled 158K, or 101 miles, from Waitomo to Taumarunui. We have completed one third of the trail! Here are the themes for these past 5 days! 1) Reunion We have been reunited with our Italian friend, Matteo! While we were in Waitomo playing tourists, he did some big-mile days to…
We are still in Waitomo (btw pronounced Why-Toe-Mo meaning water hole). Yesterday we did our tour of the glowworm caves, but we wanted more. And, we wanted to see them “New Zealand” style (read, dangerous). So we signed up for a blackwater rafting trip! We can remember watching something (Amazing Race?) sometime in 2007 or…
Hello from Waitomo Caves! We have traveled just 100 kilometers, or 60 miles, from Hamilton. It was about 60K of roads, 45K of forest and the rest was mixed farmland and paved paths. We are now at 890K! We are staying at Juno Backpackers and taking a zero day today (Saturday) so we can play tourist…