My last day in Abel Tasman started out pretty sweet - with hang gliding!  Yup, I’ve done that now, too.  We had the option of doing that the evening that we first arrived as well, but I was sort of tired from the long drive, and the cloud cover wasn’t the greatest at the time.  The morning that we left was much better.  I managed to drag myself out ( Read more... )

First things first: Abel Tasman is the Cancun of New Zealand.  There, that’s out of the way.  It’s hard to describe just how clear or blue the water there is because the photos just don’t do the place justice.  You just have to go there yourself to understand.  I’ll start from the beginning.  By the way, this post is going to be a little bit ( Read more... )