October 13, 2008
When Alan and I traveled to the South Island of New Zealand, we asked guide, Robert Panzer, to arrange a 2-night stay in glacier country. His choice of accommodation, Franz Josef Glacier Country Retreat, provided a peaceful setting for unwinding after adventurous days exploring glaciers or hiking at Lake Matheson.
The country inn sits on 200 acres of [...]
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September 16, 2008
Isolated beaches, sandy coves, tree-studded ridges where a waterfall’s trill competes with the call of the bellbird and tui – this is New Zealand’s Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island. Hikers choose from two tracks. One leads inland up forested slopes beside granite outcroppings. The other and more famous, Abel Tasman Coast Track, alternates between [...]
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