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Category: Oceania

Next stop on this crazy adventure is….

Posted on February 10, 2014February 13, 2014 by Amy

I took advantage of a gloomy day in Auckland to start thinking about my next stop following New Zealand.  I really love traveling open ended because it does allow you to go at your own pace and figure where you would like to go along the way.  One down side is…you have to actually take…

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This Can’t Be Real: Milford Sound

Posted on February 5, 2014February 13, 2014 by Amy

It is like a scene out of a movie.  Mountains covered in lush, green vegetation towering around us, water deep blue with bright pops of red.  It resembles blood, just as you would see on the big screen, but is really just a reaction of the plankton and microbes living in the water, tricking us…

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I think I am in LOVE….

Posted on January 30, 2014February 13, 2014 by Amy

I knew it would happen at some point along the way, I just didn’t realize i would be so suddenly.  He is tall, dark, and handsome and plays rugby.  Noooo!  A girl can dream though, right? 😉  But, seriously I think I am in love with Queenstown, New Zealand!!  Now, I have a feeling I…

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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain
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