Andrea & Marcus

Your gift will help us rent the kayaks and guide to enjoy the amazing landscapes of New Zealand from one of the rivers used during the filming of the Fellowship of the Ring.

Lake Taupo was created by a volcanic eruption, giving it warm, geothermal water currents perfect for swimming. Your gift will help us see the massive, 10 meter high Maori rock carvings (finished by a local artist in 1970) that can only be seen by boat.

The tour website says "experience a mysterious underground world of rushing water before drifting in silent darkness beneath the luminous shimmer of thousands of glowworms". What they don't say is that the glowworms create strands of beaded mucus to catch other cave bugs and the glowing is a lure. When caught, the glowworm slowly eats it's prey alive. If that doesn't say romance, I don't know what does.

There are no words to express how excited we are to see the Shire. There will be many pictures and much geeking out.

We might see migrating Humpback Whales, Pilot Whales, Blue Whales or Southern Right Whales. There are dolphins and penguins as well!

A night in either Hamilton, Christchurch or Te Anau. Georgeous towns that will be the base of our explorations and our retreat when the day is done.

Start our day off with deliciousness that will keep us energized for all our adventures.

Lots of seafood, lamb, cheese and wine. How could you go wrong?

Apparently New Zealand has over 120 vineyards, and we will try not to stop at every single one.

6,500 miles from LA to Auckland. Surprisingly that only takes 13 hours!

The travel guide says "We have a good motorway system, but weather extremes, the terrain and narrow secondary roads and bridges require drivers to be very vigilant". That and they drive on the left side of the road.

Traveling from Hamilton to Christchurch via train will allow us to relax and enjoy spectacular scenery that we might not see from the road.

Your gift will help us purchase a suitable camera to document this once in a life time experience.

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