Trips Ahoy!
Hey all,
Well sorry for the delay in writing. Things have been pretty quiet here except for a trip up to the northland of New Zealand.
It was fun and very beautiful. Not much as far as cities or towns up there, but a lot of islands, coastlines, etc... We went on the Kiwiexperience bus up to the bay of islands and then took another bus up to the tip of the country where the tasman sea and the pacific crash against each other.
We hiked around a bit, then went to a small secluded beach nearby and swam for an hour or so and had some lunch, then off for "sandboarding" which is like sliding down sand dunes on a boogie board. Jen chickened out and I only went half way up, but it was fun. We had some nice fish and chips for dinner and then the next day we did a 3 hour outrigger kyak tour with a maori tour guide and a few girls from England. Also walked around Paihia a bit (the biggest town up north) and just hung out a bit. Oh, took a ferry over to another small town which is very old and had a nice fish dinner one night. I was queasy the whole trip though since everything was all rocking and motion, crazy bus drivers, waves, kyaks, etc... We even drove the tour bus down the beach for about 65 miles... crazy!
In other news, if anyone is planning a trip out to visit us, we highly recommend doing it in the November, December, January, February time period. This is the best weather here, it is hot summer on some days, and cool others, but over all a pleasant season to visit. Jen is also much more flexibile in this period as she is on break, but she will be doing lots of field work, so plan accordingly. Coming here in June, July, August is the worst time... Also Xmas is totally dead here, so
if you come around that time, plan to be out in nature a lot!
One final trip announcement. I (Matt), am planning a big trip back to the US this year. Jen will also probably come back as well, but her schedule will be different than mine and much shorter. I plan on coming back for about 2 months I think, Probably September 1 - October 31st or something like that. I am currently planning on visiting San Francisco, Chicago, MN, Boston, New York, Philadelphia. I may also stop at a few places along the way. I am probably going to fly into Chicago and drive around a bunch and visit SF via flight. Not 100% sure yet, but let me know if any times work/don't work and hopefully I can stay at some friends places along the way (looks ominously at Anne/Erik, Rob G, Erik W, Rebekah G, Jen's Family, Tim, + others). Feel free to meet me in any town along the way for some side fun!
Cheers,
Matthew
Well sorry for the delay in writing. Things have been pretty quiet here except for a trip up to the northland of New Zealand.
It was fun and very beautiful. Not much as far as cities or towns up there, but a lot of islands, coastlines, etc... We went on the Kiwiexperience bus up to the bay of islands and then took another bus up to the tip of the country where the tasman sea and the pacific crash against each other.
We hiked around a bit, then went to a small secluded beach nearby and swam for an hour or so and had some lunch, then off for "sandboarding" which is like sliding down sand dunes on a boogie board. Jen chickened out and I only went half way up, but it was fun. We had some nice fish and chips for dinner and then the next day we did a 3 hour outrigger kyak tour with a maori tour guide and a few girls from England. Also walked around Paihia a bit (the biggest town up north) and just hung out a bit. Oh, took a ferry over to another small town which is very old and had a nice fish dinner one night. I was queasy the whole trip though since everything was all rocking and motion, crazy bus drivers, waves, kyaks, etc... We even drove the tour bus down the beach for about 65 miles... crazy!
In other news, if anyone is planning a trip out to visit us, we highly recommend doing it in the November, December, January, February time period. This is the best weather here, it is hot summer on some days, and cool others, but over all a pleasant season to visit. Jen is also much more flexibile in this period as she is on break, but she will be doing lots of field work, so plan accordingly. Coming here in June, July, August is the worst time... Also Xmas is totally dead here, so
if you come around that time, plan to be out in nature a lot!
One final trip announcement. I (Matt), am planning a big trip back to the US this year. Jen will also probably come back as well, but her schedule will be different than mine and much shorter. I plan on coming back for about 2 months I think, Probably September 1 - October 31st or something like that. I am currently planning on visiting San Francisco, Chicago, MN, Boston, New York, Philadelphia. I may also stop at a few places along the way. I am probably going to fly into Chicago and drive around a bunch and visit SF via flight. Not 100% sure yet, but let me know if any times work/don't work and hopefully I can stay at some friends places along the way (looks ominously at Anne/Erik, Rob G, Erik W, Rebekah G, Jen's Family, Tim, + others). Feel free to meet me in any town along the way for some side fun!
Cheers,
Matthew
posted by Matthew at
11:40 AM
2 Comments:
You always have a bed at our house in Augusta, MI! That might be a little out of your way though... When you are in Chicago, let me know! I might be able to make a trip into town.
By
marcand, At
February 2, 2008 5:09 AM
You can definitely stay with us, of course! We'd love to have you.
By
Anne, At
February 12, 2008 8:52 AM
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