by Ben Campbell | Dec 1, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Arriving in our New Hometown of Wanaka Wanaka: After spending about 6 weeks driving across New Zealand, we had finally arrived in Wanaka. Before leaving Canada, we had tentatively planned to make Wanaka our home base in New Zealand. We got lucky in making...
by Ben Campbell | Nov 15, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Van Life Comes to an End West Coast to Wanaka: After leaving the Nelson area, we began to slowly make our way towards Wanaka. We decided to drive down the West coast as it’s supposed to be a little bit longer but more scenic. It is definitely a...
by Ben Campbell | Nov 8, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Arriving on the South Island and Exploring Nelson Nelson: After crossing over from the North Island to the South Island on October 24th, we headed west across the top of the South Island. Before continuing our migration south, we decided to stop...
by Ben Campbell | Nov 2, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: End of the North Island End of the North Island: After leaving the Taranaki area of New Zealand, we headed down the west coast to the very bottom of the North Island. We were nearing the end of our time on the North Island at this point, and had already...
by Ben Campbell | Oct 26, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Taranaki, The Pimple of the North Island Taranaki: After doing the Tongariro Crossing hike, we made our way back to the west coast of the North Island. As there is no direct route back to the coast, we had to go north first and then wrap our way...
by Ben Campbell | Oct 23, 2016 | New Zealand
New Zealand: Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing Tongariro Alpine Crossing: After leaving Hawkes Bay, we made our way back to the Lake Taupo area. We didn’t spend much time in the Lake Taupo area, and only stayed one night on the south shore of the lake. Our...