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Paihia and our First Exciting Parts of New Zealand!

We are about to leave our hotel in Paihia that is in the northeast of New Zealand and drive for about 4 hours until we get to our new hotel in Warkworth, outside of Auckland. We have stayed in this hotel for 3 nights. It...

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The Northernmost Tip of New Zealand

Yesterday we ventured by bus up a few hours to the northernmost tip of New Zealand - to where the Tasman Sea meets the South Pacific at Cape Reinga. We left early in the morning before the fog had lifted from the many valleys we...

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The Adventure Begins…!

Auckland, New Zealand, east-bound by way of London and Seoul, Korea… Our trip officially kicked off this past Saturday afternoon with final packing underway just minutes before departing for the Minneapolis airport. It was a bit of an 11th hour flurry as departing for trips always...

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My Great Adventure!

Right now we are in South Korea and I really miss my friends, family, cat named Slim, and my teacher. But at the same time I am glad I am on this trip no offense to my friends, family, teacher and my cat! I can't...

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Flying to Auckland, through London

Right now I'm on a plane going from Seoul, South Korea to Auckland, New Zealand. We will drive around through both islands of New Zealand for about a month. We stopped in Seoul for a few hours after flying there on a plane coming from...