World Trip: New Zealand

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My flight from Australia landed at midnight in Auckland. My cousin Karen graciously picked me up from the airport, of which I was very thankful for.

It had been quite a few years since we last met and even longer since I was last in New Zealand, and I spent the next couple of days with her and her family.

The first activity we did was visiting the Arataki Visitor Centre, which afforded a spectacular view.

We later went to a sculpture park together, but we unfortunately got rained out, although luckily right as we were almost done anyway. Continue reading →

New Zealand

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New Zealand

Since this will be a travel blog, and since this is my first real post, I figured it most fitting to make my first post about my first real big international journey. I unfortunately don’t have any of my pictures since they are not digital and are locked away in storage, but my aunt was kind enough to provide me with some of hers, so I will show some of those throughout this post.

My Aunt lives in New Zealand, and she was kind enough to invite me there for a few weeks, so I went during the 2 spring break in high school, plus an additional week on both ends, so I was down there for 4 weeks in total. I was only 14 at the time, and while I had done some traveling with my family within the United States, this was my first international experience, and the first big trip that I at least traveled alone for a portion of the journey. Continue reading →