New Zealand

Mt. Doom

Known as one of the most spectacular day walks in the world, the one day Tongariro Alpine Crossing, lived up to the hype. With snow capped hills, bright colored lakes, & an active volcano our senses were awakened.  

 

Most importantly to a lot of my nerdy friends it connected me to the Lord of the Rings & shortly after completing the tramp I went on a Lord of the Rings movie binge. Although Frodo saved the people of middle earth & my biggest accomplishment  was making the sandwiches we had for lunch, I hope you enjoy the photos of our day trip. 

 

Our Lord of the Rings Adventure

Let the Adrenaline follow

For most of our trip we have been taking it pretty easy. Lots of walking and enjoying the surroundings but today we decided to step it up a notch... REALLY step it up! We left our parking spot home at X Base Hostel in Rotorua with one mission: get our adrenaline following. 

After lots of negotiation we decided today would be the day to go Zorbing with a company called OGO. Their selling point is the longest runs in the world & is currently owned by the creator himself. We throw on some clothes we are happy to get wet, put our shoes in the cubbie, and hop in the truck that will take us and our OGO to the top of the hill. They throw us a GoPro & we are off... more to come…