New Zealand 2001

Our tour had officially ended the night before...many of the group said their last goodbyes, but a few of us spent the morning together - these photos are all from Jamie

The trip officially ended with us leaving Lake Ohau and returning to Christchurch.

We woke up on the boat and headed back to shore. The sun actually peaked out and the views were even more amazing.

We left Queenstown this morning, and a bunch of people got in a third and final bungy jump (for others it was their first) and we headed out toward Milford Sound. The scenery was just amazing and at Milford Sound we boarded the Milford Wanderer for an overnight cruise.

Walked around Queenstown this morning and then went tandem hang gliding in the afternoon. More hang gliding photos to be posted as soon as the film's developed! stay tuned...

Woke up to go do the "triple challange" which is jet boating on the Shotover River, then a crazy helicopter flight and finally some white-water rafting on a class four river. After lunch we hit the luge track and watched some of the guys bunge jump.

Today we woke up to rain, but that didn't stop us (well some of us) from hiking through a rainforest to climb on Fox Glacier. This is one of only two places on the planet were you can hike through a rainforest to get to a glacier.

The drive from Christchurch to Fox Glacier was very scenic, such a beautiful region. Then in Fox Glacier, we hung out at the towns only bar and met some locals.

Boarded the inter-island ferry that crossed through Marlborough Sounds and Cook Strait. Stopped at Ohau Point before heading to lunch and getting to Christchurch in the early afternoon.

Today we just bummed around wellington, hit the Museum of New Zealand.

A relaxing bus ride after the events of last night ended us up in the capital city of Wellington, where we drove up Mt. Victoria to check out the view.

Visited the "Craters of the Moon" thermal area, and then headed up to NZ's largest Lake - Lake Taupo. We took a fishing/dinner cruise on the Chris Jolly (www.chrisjolly.co.nz) and had an awesome time. It was "sweet as".

The bus climbed Mt. Eden (just outside of Auckland) and relaxed a little. In the afternoon we headed up to Rotorua and attended a Maori concert.

We spent the morning coastal sea kayaking and then had dinner in Auckland. After dinner, we hit some local bars to check out the night life.

We went sailing on a beautiful catamaran, the Carino New Zealand, today through the Bay Of Islands – very scenic and quite beautiful. Then we had a really good seafood dinner and did some light partying at night.

Stops at the Parry Kauri Park and the Whangarei Falls and our day ended at the Bay of Islands town of Paihia.

The majority of these photos where taken from the classic cruising ship the Arcturus (www.classicboatcharter.com) - while walking around Auckland early on Sunday morning we ran into a friend from home who works on the Arcturus and he invited us out for a day of sailing. The Arcturus was once owned by General George S. Patton.