New Zealand: North Island to South Island
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our journey from the North Island to the South Island of New Zealand...
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Wine and Good Company in Hawke's Bay
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time in Hawke's Bay...
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Exploring Tongariro National Park
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time in the Tongariro National Park...
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Hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience hiking the Tongariro Alpine Crossing...
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Hobbiton: An Unexpected Adventure
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time exploring the Hobbiton movie set...
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Piopio Filming Location and Caving in Waitomo Caves
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our busy day visiting a filming location from The Hobbit...
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Rotorua Part 2: Wai-O-Tapu, OGO, and Tamaki Village
Hey everyone! Lauren here with Part 2 of our time exploring Rotorua! Rotorua is known for its geothermal activity and Maori culture...
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Rotorua Part 1: Exploring Downtown, Redwoods, and Kerosene Creek
Hey everyone! Lauren here with Part 1 of our time exploring Rotorua! It is a town on the North Island of New Zealand and is known for its geothermal activity...
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Coromandel Peninsula Part 2: Cathedral Cove and the Gemstone Bay Snorkel Track
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience with Cathedral Cove and Gemstone Bay on the Coromandel Peninsula on the north island of New Zealand...
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Coromandel Peninsula Part 1: Hot Water Beach and Pinnacles Walk
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience with Hot Water Beach and hiking on the Coromandel...
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Auckland's West Coast
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our first two days in New Zealand exploring Auckland and the surrounding areas!...
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Scuba Diving in Mo'orea
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our Scuba adventures in Mo’orea. The diving here was incredible!...
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Mo'orea French Polynesia: A Budget Edition Part 2
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our last few days on the beautiful island of Mo’orea...
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Mo'orea French Polynesia: A Budget Edition Part 1
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time on the island of Mo’orea in French Polynesia...
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Rough Start to Part 2 of Our Round-The-World Trip
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about the rough start to our round-the-world trip...
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The Very Beautiful Iguazú Falls
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to Iguazú Falls...
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DIY Mendoza Winery Tour
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our experience going to wineries around Mendoza with our lovely brother...
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Perito Moreno Glacier and El Calafate
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to El Calafate to see the Perito Moreno Glacier...
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Hiking Fitz Roy from El Chaltén
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our Fitz Roy hike in El Chaltén...
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Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile Part 2: Parque Nacional Puyehue and Another Failed Park Visit!
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about the rest of our time in Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile...
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Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile Part 1: Arriving in Puerto Montt and Petrohué!
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our time in Puerto Montt and the Los Lagos region of Chile. Los Lagos...
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San Pedro de Atacama Part 2: Valle de la Luna and Stargazing
Hey everyone! Lauren here with part 2 our time in the deserts near of Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile...
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San Pedro de Atacama Part 1: Piedras Rojas, Salar de Atacama, and the Lagunas
Hey everyone! Lauren here to tell you about part 1 of our journey in Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile! We spent about 3.5 days here...
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Our Amazon Rainforest Trip!
Hi Everyone! Lauren here to tell you about our trip to the Amazon! We attempted to go to the Amazon Rainforest...
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Cusco!
Hi everyone, we are finally posting about the things we did in Cusco, Peru...
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Machu Picchu and the End of the Trek
As the last day of our Salkantay Trek, we had the option of either hiking up to Machu Picchu at 4am, or waiting for a bus to take us to the top...
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Salkantay Trek with Salkantay Trekking!
The night before the trek we had a 6 o'clock briefing at the Salkantay Trekking office to explain everything, pay our final deposit, and sign waivers...
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Final Days in Ecuador
On Saturday after our Galapagos adventure, we went shopping for groceries in order to save some money for the rest of our days in Quito following our big splurge in the Galapagos...
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Galapagos Part 2: The Main Island
Following our goodbyes, Gerrod and I retrieved our bags from the pier and headed towards our hostel...
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Galapagos Part 1: The Cruise!
Sorry for the delayed post. As it turns out I never really feel like writing, but I will try my best to be better...
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Ecuador - Quito and Cotopaxi
A lot has happened since arriving in Ecuador on Sunday! We arrived in Quito with no problems, and just as we normally do when we arrive in a country...
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