Justin Was Here

The little township of Franz Josef doesnt have much. There is one small market, 2 bars, and a couple of backpackers hostels. But this sleepy little two road town is home to one of the biggest tourist draws on New Zealand’s West Coast: The Franz Josef Glacier.

The center of New Zealand is located on the 42nd longitudinal parallel, and thats where the NZ vodka brand, 42 Below comes from. it is a stong, clean vodka, made using water pumped up from under an extinct volcano — very pure.
42 Below comes in a bunch of different flavors, one of which is […]

A friend’s Bungee jump — yeah, I’m a wuss… but not really — I did a skydive in Israel last year for Christ’s sake (ha! Christ…Israel…sorry) I’m just traveling on a budget that includes copious amounts of booze, and no jumping out of or off of things…
but yeah… check out Petra’s jump!

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Just a time-lapsed video of me and some other campers setting up our little tent city on the wooded shores of Lake Pukaki.

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Fiordland National Park in New Zealand is 12,120 square kilometers of fiords, waterfalls, and general glacier-carved awesomeness. Join me on my journey into the Fiordlands where we visit The Chasm and take a scenic cruise on the Milford Sound.

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Feb. 28th was my birthday, and I celebrated it with a bus full of strangers / new friends at a sweet little camping lodge at Rangitata, on New Zealand’s South Island.
The day started on a sad note, as new friend Aussie Steve was leaving us in Christchurch, and we were pressing on to the Rangitata […]

I’m addicted to Pandora.com.  And since I came to New Zealand, I’ve been too far off the grid to get my daily Pandora fix of perfectly personalized music.  You can’t really fire up the  laptop and get online while you’re camping  in the woods near lake Tekapo on New Zealand’s South Island.
So when I finally […]

Here is a video diary of a day I spent in Kaikoura, just a stop along the road on the Flying Kiwi Adventure Bus Tour.