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We had quite a few potential plans for our time on O‘ahu, but were in a bit of an odd mood so we didn’t get to all of them. more…

We’re going to pause our travel diary to pay our respects to Greg’s brother Duane, who passed away at his home on 18 April 2024 at the age of 56. more…

The next leg after Brisbane was another sea voyage, this time towards Honolulu on Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas, with stops along the way in French Polynesia. more…

We arrived at Christchurch Airport in plenty of time to check in, clear security, and find our gate. more…

Our bus ride from Dunedin to Christchurch was just as uneventful as the reverse direction had been. more…

We had booked our sea voyages long before we knew the dates for the Aotearoa New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival, so it was a happy coincidence that everything lined up. more…

Dunedin was next on our route, partly because it’s the second-largest city on the South Island, and partly because the Aotearoa New Zealand Juggling & Circus Festival was to take place near there on the upcoming weekend. more…

We’d already seen Aoraki Mount Cook from the west side during our visit to Franz Josef, but weren’t going to pass up an opportunity to visit it again from another vantage. more…

We had lots of advice about where to go on the South Island, and everyone agreed that Milford Sound was a spectacular must-see. more…

Everyone had told us that the west coast of South Island is spectacularly beautiful, and everyone was not wrong. more…