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A series of fortunate events – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of our fortunate events. If you haven’t read Part 1 or Part 2, you may want to. After our day cruise of Abel Tasman, and our nature spotting of Sea Lions, we were apprehensive to use our one free day to drive 2 hours north just to see the “best beach in NZ”, but we had nothing better to do other than hike or be beachy (and I have trouble standing still when I’m traveling). So off we went. Jan 18: We hit the road, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in tow (that VIP peanut butter factory experience has paid us back in spades!). We head…
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A series of fortunate events – Part 2
Alright. So we drank some wine, and got some tips, so what..? (Read Part 1 if you have no idea what I’m on about) Jan 16: We drove to Marahau, passing Nelson, perhaps the prettiest place on the planet. We also stopped at a few breweries (after Miranda kissed the ground), had VIP treatment at the peanut butter factory, I bought a new beer snobby hat (woot!) Jan 17: Abel Tasman Charters. Number 1 ranked thing to do in Abel Tasman – well deserved. We were 2 of 8 people on a tour of Abel Tasman national park. We saw a bird island (we heard some birds), a sea lion…
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This is Rambo
He is a ram. We met him, and his friends (cows, chickens, a cat, and some sheep). And some of his aforementioned friends… On the subject of photography, I also took up some astral photography after being inspired at Waitomo (where the worms be)… Please note that I was lucky enough to capture a shooting star in that last one (I was still testing settings, so it’s a little grainy, but cool none the less). I may have to rent a cottage or two in Ontario upon our return… Oh and unrelated, thanks to Greg and Kim (Rambo’s parents) for tips that lead us to consume the best berries I’ve…
