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New Zealand: Fjordlands National Park

Fjordlands National Park and the Milford Sound, New Zealand Ahh...finally our last little New Zealand post, but one of the best.  Fjordlands is a rainy little National Park down in the south-west of the South Island with some really dramatic scenery.  In it is one of the most picturesque locations in all of New Zealand,...

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New Zealand: Arthur's Pass National Park

Arthur's Pass National Park, New Zealand Surprisingly enough there are a lot of mountains in the South Island of New Zealand- and coming from the coastal area traveling to Mount Cook eventually you're going to have to cross them.  In the middle of this massive day of mountain driving we went through Arthur's Pass National...

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New Zealand: Okarito / Franz Josef & Fox Glaciers

Okarito, New Zealand Our friend at Breakers Boutique had recommended us going and checking out this little town called Okarito somewhat on the outskirts of the Franz Josef town.  It's a neat little fishing village surrounded by the sea and marshes and is somewhat of an artist's commune.  Did I mention the insane amounts of...

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New Zealand: Paparoa National Park

Paparoa National Park We continued journeying down the west coast from the top of the South Island and it was our goal to stay at this really awesome looking beach b&b called Breakers Boutique.  It was our big splurge for the trip and it just sounded awesome- we had to wiggle timings around a little...

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New Zealand: Abel Tasman National Park [day two]

Abel Tasman National Park So basically we chose to go to Abel Tasman National Park [up on the top of the South Island] because Tanya wanted a little R&R which we knew we weren't really going to get elsewhere...being that we were doing a pretty massive roadtrip with some epic long drives ahead.  What better...

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