Hey guys,
I would like to dedicate part of this post the biggest stink bomb that I actually paid to see. $60 was spent to see bubbling hot 7 km of egg fart. I am reffering to Hells Gate, and it actually had a reception area, yaknow, in case u wanna get married or celebrate a special occasion while being engulfed in a hot fart.
Now that that's out. We actually had fun the rest of the day doing a swoop (a huge drop and swing), and then we went zorbing (rolling down a hill in a big bubble while getting splashed with water). We also visited a kiwi farm in the AM and Shane got "free" groceries.
Tomorrow we're white water rafting, and then on to Lake Taupo.
Hope everyone is well,
Ally and Shane

Waitomo, Coromandel, Tauranga

Hello all,
We last left u in Waitomo with the glow worms. The black water rafting was in a little inner tube and the water was freezing but we got to jump backwards off a waterfall in the caves and the glow worms were fantastic!
After that we headed north to the Coromandel and did death defying stunts (not kidding) on the high wire rope park. We walked on a high wire, leaped at the trapeze and did a mini-bungy. Kiwi's are nuts.
The next day we walked 2 hours to Cathedral Cove then dug our own hot tub at hot water beach. Then headed to Tauranga where the spaceship almost broke down.
Hence, another day of walking.
We hiked up Mount Manganui, then soaked in a thermal salt water pool while our spaceship was getting fixed. Tomorrow we're heading to Rotorua to go zorbing (for those of u that don't know, just google it) and to see hells gate, then staying overnight in Taupo.
See you all later and thanks for the comments,

Ally and Shane

Hey guys,
so we are still alive and well. We inherited the spaceship 'jetson' and are finding many quirks to it along the way. The last few days we went up the northland through the bay of islands to Cape Reinga... think raiforest... it was beautiful (if only it was warmer). On the way we saw the most northern point of New Zealand and tobaggoned down sand dunes. We only got lost once or twice and people are very friendly.
We just got out of the car after a 9 hour drive from Cape Reinga to Waitoma (think hobbiton from Lord of the Rings). Tomorrow we're going black water caving into underground caves to see the glow worms. Hope everyone is well. We'll post pics when we can.
ps... sorry we haven't called ( I can't get my phone card to work and we can't figure out how to use Shanes mobile (I was informed it's called a mobile in the southern hemisphere).

See y'all later,

Ally and Shane

Hey guys,
A quick update... Shane and I have been walking for 2 days straight and now have buns of steel. I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know that we've been drinking more in the last 48 hours than in the last 2 months... yah New Zealand beer! We've hit up the museum, a maori cultural show and attempted a tour of a brewery, but were shut down. Shane did the reverse bungy today in downtown New Zealand. We'll post pics of it as soon as we get a computer that does that. Anywho, we're off in our spaceship tomorrow so won't post in awhile.
Take care everyone,

Shane and Ally

well, just a quick update as we only have 15 mins on a computer we have to pay for. We made it after a gruelling 20 hour flight, and I was only approached as a 'sir' instead of a 'madame' twice on the flight. We ended up having an unexpected stop in Samoa for a refuel which tacked on an extra hour. We're in one piece and only missing a lock and a canadian flag.

Auckland is a really cool city and after a short 12 hour sleep we actually feel really good. As typical touristy people the first thing we did was note that the water in the sink does actually turn counter clock-wise. Hope everyone is well, and feel free to write us comments as we want to stay connected to people at home.
Love,
Ally and Shane

Shane and Ally Pre New Zealand

A little about us...
We are Ally and Shane. We just left our friends, families, jobs and possessions to explore life down under. This is a snippet of us prior to chaos.
Think of us, pray for us, but most of all be jealous of us!
See you around,

Ally and Shane

Hello people

I'm leaving on a jet plane, don't know when I'll be back again!