The first picture is of us zorbing. Yep, we're inside one of those little gerbal looking balls that are about to be rolled down that hill. You can't tell, but those balls are filled with a little bit of water and we sloshed around in it while we did flips over each other all the way down the hillside. It was a blast!This next picture is of Mount Doom from the Lord of the Rings. We hiked to the summit of it, but apparently missed the official trails and crawled straight up the face of it on our hands and knees as rocks fell every few minutes from
the loose sandy terrain. It was an adventure, but one we wouldn't choose to repeat. After getting our trashed kicked by Mount Doom we hiked another 12 miles through desolate volcano land, grasslands and a rainforest. It was the most diverse hike we'd ever experienced.This last photograph is of the Franz Joseph Glacier. We hiked out to this glacier and another glacier called Fox Glacier - both were absolutely spectacular.
New Zealand is such a beautiful country with so much diversity. The coast line reminds me of the Oregon coast but Darren says the ocean is a just a tad bit warmer. There's a beautiful beach here in Invercargill and we spent the afternoon there on Friday. We're loving it here and promise to post more pictures of our adventures.
