Kia Ora! I hope everyone is doing well. I have just returned from a long hiking/camping trip in the South Island. I haven’t been updating because of lack of Internet access. I am now in Queenstown enjoying such luxuries as a hot shower.

The hiking trip was quite eventful, to say the least, and it included mountain climbing, nearly getting blown off a mountain due to heavy rain and gale force winds, a meal cooked in the traditional Maori manner underground with hot rocks, and a hike on a glacier, among other things. I’ll post a few photos here.

Don’t think this is the end of the NZ trip. There’s still more to come!