Welcome back and thanks for tuning in again. We’re stopping in Tokyo for 48 hours cause it’s a really fun city with great food and things to do. It’s been a while since we’ve been here, and still doesn’t disappoint! Next flight is to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), where we’ll then transfer to Da Nang.

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Fun fact, the flight from Hawaii to Tokyo is the same as flight from Hawaii to Dallas

cold view of Mt Fuji! third time here, first time where it was clear enough to see the famous mountain from a Tokyo rooftop

Very rare view, pretty awesome even though its hazy.

Hot delicious ramen lunch on a chilly day

Lunch

weird sticker

some fucked up stuffed animal toy that sucks on your finger! 🫣 Normally I don’t kink-shame, but I may have to make an exception here. 😂

Segorni Weaver better hope she’s on the nice-list

Roppongi Hills lights, they allow pedestrians in the street for 15 seconds at a time, and everyone rushes out to take selfies, then it’s a fun madhouse as police usher everyone back to the sidewalk. had us laughing hard and was fun to do it once

Roppongi lights crowded crosswalk selfies. fun insanity for the ‘gram

Waiting in line hoping for a cool prize

Coke had some xmas monstrosity where you could pull a string and light up ornaments to win prizes. We both only won a free Coke, and the shitty thing is it was a Coke-Zero. Oh well, it was free and interesting.

Christian Dior’s bougie xmas tree

Cartier with their own bougie xmas tree

Fucking bullshit scam. Supposedly “the largest and best xmas market in Tokyo, with ‘authentic’ German Christmas Market”
LIES, it was approximately 1300sqft with four “German huts” selling overpriced sausages and ornaments. It was an hour wait to enter and then long lines for the huts offerings. We just took pics from outside and hopped back on the subway for another district

People behind us crammed in the “market”

One of the many very narrow alleys packed full if tiny Izakaya restaurants serving quick snacks of grilled yakatori meat on skewers

IKEA, in Shibuya, but two days before xmas it was a mad house,and we didn’t feel like waiting in line to get in

Famous Shibuya Crossing, always a fun time and fun area to explore.
https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/2177/

Someone made a bar with Shawn’s picture on it

Too much fun, Shawn napping on the subway ride home

TV in the hotel is all in Japanese but it’s no problem. Plenty of really fucked up (hilarious) game shows, and anime like “Oshiri Tantei” (translation “Butt Detective”) who fights his nemesis which is poop in a latex hood, and his weapon is farting on enemies through his “nose”.
He is getting a full movie soon https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-12-21/butt-detective-gets-new-anime-film-in-march/.205748

Had a great last day, hotel gave us a 4pm checkout then we went and hung out in the adults pool for a couple of hours. They gave us a courtesy room to shower quickly, then we headed to the airport. Next stop is home. Thanks for reading and keeping up on our adventures! ♥️

last bit of relaxation before we have to leave

hiding in the covered hot tub during the rain storm

You cannot bring your Fijian war clubs on the plane, it is forbidden

playing rummy in the airport lounge waiting for the flight

Today was all about relaxing. We basically hung out in our water hut, swimming and sipping on bubbly. Oh, and watching NFL football on ESPN. Go Dolphins!! We take the red eye flight home tomorrow night, but actually get home before we left. Because of the international date line, we get to live Jan 10th twice, once in Fiji & once in Maui.

Breakfast/Brunch was included and was really good.

Plus the buffet includes mimosas

Well duh, this is a bay connected to the ocean, yes there’s marine life

Marine life is present and active. Watched these gangs of fish (about a foot long) hunt smaller fish all day n night

Nap #1

More bubbly! Well ok, twist our arms… they brought us another (surprise) bottle of bubbles because Shawn is a Marriott platinum member. We also get a 6pm checkout tomorrow

Swimming and drinking champagne today is our job, we take it seriously

Nap #2

In the afternoon the bar-boat swings by our swim platform to deliver Pina coladas.

Snacks n champagne

Birds begging us to share snacks, we obliged.

Went to a traditional kava ceremony tonight at the hotel

Listening to the history of Fijian kava

History of Fijian kava and ceremony importance

Drinking the kava from a coconut shell

The resort is so big, you just call for a golf cart to drive you around. Headed back to the room for the night.

Wacky snack of the night, and it was delicious unlike the sugar chips from a few nights before

Vinaka (mahalo) for tuning in again! ♥️

Well this wasn’t a bucket list destination, but here we are thanks to cheap air miles redemption.

Mr. Papadopolus

if you have talked to me on the phone, I have been sitting here on the stairs half in the water

coffee!

coffee!

post coffee!

wacky snack of the night, pizza to go

worst hotel ever… 😉

walk down the stairs n swim, amazing

Shawn is a platinum Marriott member, so free champagne n late checkout

cheers, mahalo for staying tuned! ♥️

Fiji has 333 islands, and after spending the morning by the pool we took a ferry today to get a look at a few of them. We hopped on one of the ferries used for commuters and tourists, and stayed on it for one loop. Kinda like riding the city bus, but this bus had amazing views and served beer.

tropical cocktails with lunch before the ferry.

We opted for the Mamanuca Island loop, dark blue route on the map

beautiful beaches everywhere

glad the rain stopped today

plotting how I can buy one of these

on some of the stops folks departed at a pier

at other stops tinders came out to deliver/take passengers to the island

more islands in the distance

rainbow!

more terrible scenery

Off the boat and grabbing more tropical drinks and dinner

sushi time!

Weird and random, Fiji has a $7 bill,and we got one for change tonight.

Tonight’s wacky snack was disgusting. They ended up being sugar coated chips, and we threw them out after one bite. 🤮 We miss Uncle Kenny, but luckily had some doritos as backup.

Yesterday was just a travel day, even though it was only a short 2.5 hour flight from Auckland to Nadi, Fiji.

Flight was delayed a bit but luckily we were able to hang out in the lounge with food and cocktails. By the time we landed, got through customs, and got to our hotel it was near sunset so we settled in with some card games and the last bag of chips with Uncle Kenny’s adventures. Stay tuned for more updates!

Auckland Airport lounge had good food n cocktails

Shawn’s shitty flight meal

some chicken dish I ate on the flight

do not bring radioactive coconuts to Fiji, it’s not allowed

even in the rain the view of the mountains is great

Uncle Kenny’s final chapter.

close game of rummy

Well it’s windy and pouring here, but can’t complain since we’ve had great weather the entire trip.

We were supposed to do a rail cruise tour yesterday, but canceled it because the weather was nasty with no visibility and sideways rain.
https://railcruising.com/the-tour/

Instead we just took our time meandering back towards Auckland for our flight out. Found a great winery to stop at and do a tasting, and stopped by some silly roadside attractions. We were going to stay in the coastal town of Thames, but the hotel “lost” our reservation, despite us having a confirmation code. No big deal since it was raining anyway, and we ended up in Pukekohe for the night. Dinner was samosas, lamb vindaloo and chicken Tika,yummy, and helped warm us back up.

This morning we’re packing n heading to the airport for our short flight to Nadi, Fiji. Stay tuned for our next post from the beach! ♥️

silly roadside attractions are the best!

borrowed pictures of the massive sheep, ram, and dog in Tirau because it was raining too hard to get decent pics on our own. They house a tourist information center, public restrooms, and some shops.

all made from corrugated metal

some of the biggest samosas I have ever eaten

needed a spicy dinner to warm up

how much trouble can this guy get into?

It was a really cold, windy, and rainy day in Rotorua but we made the best of it.

Tried doing a walk along the lake boardwalk, but it was just too nasty. Next was viewing the multiple mudpools and hotsprings that are too hot or toxic for bathing. The smell was so bad, we eventually fled to the Whakerewherewa redwood forrest for a hike to get some fresh air, and wait for our appointment time at the Polynesian Spa.

Tried to walk along the lake boardwalk but it was cold with nasty winds and rain so we gave up

I need a gas mask!

The sulfur smell of this mudpool is even worse than Shawn after eating a triple cheese pizza!

Even Shawn couldn’t handle the smell of this hot spring (212°F 🔥)

I am surprised anything is able to grow, thrive, and be green anywhere near these mud pools & springs

These are California redwoods that were imported and planted in 1901,and still thriving today.

Ahhh, no winds or stink at the redwood forrest, but the rain kept spitting down

Shawn spies a blue Pukeko bird and chases it for a picture

Picture of the Pukeko, kinda like a blue chicken

Pukeko bird info.

Finally time to warm up at the Polynesian Spa. Our package got us 40 mins in a private pool, then unlimited time in their multiple alkaline and acidic pools of varying temps.

Finally warming up in our private hot spring

Raining again, but don’t care anymore

Time for a hearty dinner of local beef while sitting next to a warm fireplace.

Aged ribeyes for dinner

Added some big prawns for surf & turf

Snack time! The next chapter in Uncle Kenny’s saga

Yay, we’re somewhere with good cell/wifi service again,so strap in for a long post.

Yesterday we spent the day exploring Tongariro National Park which included some more famous places from Lord of the Rings.

Gollum’s Pool with stupid tourists in the way

Gollum’s Pool without us

Ugly waterfall

More ugly waterfalls

terrible

We’re heading to Mordor!

Mt. Doom (Mt. Ngauruhoe)

glacier capped volcano Mt. Ruapehu

Shawn navigating while I drive

Some big ass railroad bridge Shawn wanted to look at

Wacky snack was no Bueno tonight.

Ronald’s mac-n-cheese bites taste like fried gruel with a hint of stale cheese, and don’t look anything like the picture

Today we headed to the Waitomo district known for its great cave systems that are full of glow worms lighting the way. Many have cool underground boats to see them, but they’re booked out far in advance. We opted for some hiking and cave exploring on our own.

Nice hike until you realize there’s nothing below the platform 😵

Shawn on another cliffside floating walkway

Shawn contemplating joining the Goonies

best view on the whole hike

Indiana Jones can’t compete

more hiking

Tunnel!

Our last stop was a bird sanctuary, especially dedicated to the preservation of the very endangered Kiwi bird. Kiwis are nocturnal, so the habitats simulate night, and no pictures can be taken. There’s other native birds there as well that are being rehabilitated or can no longer live in the wild. We only saw the Kiwis on the cameras as they slept in their burrow, but did get to see one briefly poke its head out. Forget what you think, kiwis are the size of a very large duck, and will fuck you up with their big claws (their keeper showed us some scars) More kiwi facts here.

The kiwi bird sanctuary was a bit of a disappointment 😉

Kiwi facts

big ass apple

This evening we moved to the town of Rotorua which is known for all its hot springs and thermal features. Dinner for the evening was welcomed after all the hiking today.

hot wonton soup on a cold evening

For tonight’s wacky snack, we continue the saga of Uncle Kenny and the women that keep hooking up with this mad-man.

I would love to see Uncle Kenny’s Tinder profile.

The entire town of Rotorua smells like sulfur, but I am used to it after living with Shawn for so many years. 😂 The next couple of days we’ll explore the geysers, hot springs, Maori cultural sites, and hopefully a spa as well.

Cheers and stay tuned! ♥️

Spent the day exploring Tongariro National Park, but can’t upload any pictures cause we’re now in a hotel in Otorohanga with shitty wifi and cell service.

Was just pics of ugly waterfalls and boring glacier capped volcanos. 😋

Tonight’s wacky snack was the mac-n-cheese bites from McDonald’s, and those were gross and nasty for real.

Thanks for checking in, and we’ll post more pics when we get better service. ♥️

This morning got up and headed to our tour starting in Pipiriki village on the Whanganui River. The road to Pipiriki was just like driving to Hana in Maui. Constant twists n turns through the rainforest, narrow road, one lane bridges, rock slides in the road, cows in the road, and a burnt up car or two on the side.

We first loaded up onto a jet boat that took us 33km upriver, then hiked a few miles to the Bridge to Nowhere (only accessible via boat), then the jet boat took us back down stream a bit to board our canoes. The last 12km was ours to paddle on our own, and included navigating small rapids. Unlike some of the other folks, I am a good steers woman and didn’t tip our canoe once in the rapids.

Loading up on the jet boat to head upstream

spooky cave off the river

Short video of our ride, it was really fun like an airboat.

riding the jet boat upstream

Not the bridge we’re looking for on the hike

Almost there!

Shawn on the bridge going nowhere

me on the crowded bridge

2.7km each way, plus a side trail, equals a bit over 3.5 miles

Enjoying some coffee hauled in by the guide

Can’t paddle if you’re busy taking selfies… I think I got the short end of the stick 🤣

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

After getting back and taking a hot shower, we ate a delicious well deserved dinner

Mary is running out of delicious little lambs

Tonight’s wacky snack as we wound down with some vino

Watch out for the flying fanged guinea pigs!

Thanks for reading! Not sure what we’re doing next, as there’s so much to see here. Stay tuned 😊

First time zone to ring in 2023,happy new year everyone! 🎉🍾❤️😎

Spent the day driving inland up to the mountains (which are all active volcanos in this region). Breathtaking views, and it’s nice to get some cooler weather.

Stopped to check out a logging/timber museum that preserved an old logging camp/town from the early 1900s

Shawn next to a big ass timber saw

Laurie playing with the big timber claw game

Original church from the logging camp/town

Saw this blast from the past and stopped to buy a few essentials

Went shopping for some blue light specials

Stopped in the lake town of Taupo on the way for lunch. Tried our hand at attempting to make a hole-in-one on the floating platform

Came so close!

No hole in one for Shawn either, but he did hit the platform

The dumbass in the background wouldn’t leave, so he’s in our picture

On the way into Ohukane we finally got good looks at the active volcanos pumping out steam and gasses. The views here are unbelievably beautiful.

Island in the middle of Lake Taupo

Volcanic vent spewing smoke on the side of the volcano Mt. Tongariro

Another active cinder cone that was also shot as Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings

Snowy Mt. Ruapehu

view of the glacier capped volcano from our hotel

delicious dinner with beautiful views

trying to win on the last slots for 2022 at a bar in the town

Back at the hotel to ring in the new year!

Happy 2023 New Years!

Pairs well with the champagne tonight

Drinking our champagne and watching fireworks people are setting off in nearby neighborhoods

Off to bed so we can get up for our kayak adventure tomorrow. Happy New Years everyone, love you all!!

Before hitting the road we stopped again for a breakfast of savory pies and a tostie sandwich. I really wish these pies would catch on at home!

Breakfast was more little savory pies and an egg & bacon tostie sandwich

Got a room for the night in the costal city of Tarunaga as it was close to the tour we booked for the evening. Had to wait to check in so we walked around town for a bit, and decided to grab a snack and beer, and ended up getting to watch a classic car parade cruise by. Kinda weird seeing classics with the steering wheel on the right, but some of them still had the wheel on the left.

Watching a classic car parade go by

Checked into our room with a view and hit the pool for a bit, which was really needed on this very hot day.

Terrible views

Shawn relaxing in front of one of our two king bedrooms

Close to sunset we drove to start our night kayak tour to see New Zealand’s famous Glow Worms. We kayaked into a dark gorge with high walls on each side and the cliff walls were covered in them and it looked magical like someone had hung Christmas lights through the canyon. Pics don’t do it justice so here’s a similar video.

Waiting for sunset before jumping in the kayaks

Paddling towards the canyon at dusk

me doing all the paddling while Shawn takes selfies

NZ natural xmas lights

pic stolen from the internet that gives a better idea what the canyon walls looked like

Our tour ended late after 11pm, and we were ready for some food, but the only thing open was trusty ole McDonald’s so that’s our snack for the evening. Since it was the only thing open in town with food, we had to wait about 40 minutes in line because a big music festival had just finished as well, but it was worth it. Learned a lesson though that New Zealand MCDs are sadist that don’t put salt on their fries or even provided ketchup! 💀💀😬😬 Luckily we were able to get some from our hotel, but I don’t understand how people choke down plain fries. (all other restaurants the fries are seasoned).

Hallelujah for the beacon of the Golden arches late at night

local big mac

Next is a four hour road trip to the mountains for a few days. Staying in the town of Ohakune, and will be spending New Years Day adventuring in Whanganui National Park. We were lucky to get spots on the tour as it was full, but we’d been on the wait list for a couple of days and some people dropped out.

Onedayer Adventure

Thanks for tuning in, our next post will be in 2023. Fun fact, New Zealand is the first major country to ring in the new year (behind a couple of small island nations like Kiribati). Stay tuned ♥️🎉🍾😎

Used today for a down day to relax and do some planning for the next four days, and we now have an itinerary loosely planned out. Once that was settled we walked to a local restaurant for breakfast (sorry forgot a pic), and hit the road to cruise and hit some sights and short hikes.

First stop was a short hike to view and cross the Arapuni Suspension Bridge, although it’s described as a suspension bridge, it’s more of a swinging bridge that thrilling sways and shakes with footsteps and the wind as you look down on the turbulent river far below. It was built for the construction workers to access the site when building the hydro-power station below. Once across the bridge, we could see an old steep discontinued staircase that led workers down the gorge bottom below.

Imagine having to cross this swinging bridge to get to work every day?

I borrowed this pic from the internet because it was better than I could capture.

We next drove around for quite a while looking for our next stop which was supposed to be a boardwalk through wetlands, but never did find it. Not sure if it’s been closed, or our spotty internet connection was to blame, so we headed instead to Putaruru Blue Springs, which supposedly is the source for 70% of New Zealands bottled water. We opted to skip the long trai, and parked near the end for a short jaunt. It wasn’t anything exciting, not blue, just a crowded path along a clear river.

The Blue Spring wasn’t very blue today, but it was clear.

More leisurely driving through the beautiful grazing lands, farms, and countryside these led us to the lookout for Wairere Falls, a stunning 500 foot waterfall, and the biggest on NZ’s north island. You can hike up it if you want, but its a long hike and it was getting late in the day.

It’s hard to tell from the pic, but the falls are really impressive.

Distance pic of the falls, with lots of grazing land for lamb and cows between. (more on that later)

another borrowed internet pic from someone with a better camera.

Doing a few short hikes, and cruising around sightseeing works up an appetite so we headed back to Matamata for dinner. A day ofseeing thousands of heads of cows and sheep grazing on the rolling hillsides definitely inspired dinner.

I had a gigantic local beef burger, and Shawn had Mary’s little lamb. Both were very fresh, juicy, and delicious, and a great way to end the day.

Only managed a few bites of tonight’s wacky snack(I’ll let the pic do all the talking) , but we’ll polish them off in the car tomorrow as we pack up and head to the costal city of Tauranga next. Tomorrow evening we’ve booked a canoe trip to see NZ’s famous night glow worms. Thanks again for tuning in!

Like our beef and lamb dinners, tonight’s snack was made with free range potatoes 🤤

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Yayyy, we checked out of the Auckland hotel this morning, picked up our 4×4 truck, and headed south. This country is absolutely stunning! We landed in the small town of Matamata, checked into the new place, and headed out to join our tour of the Lord of the Rings movie set for Hobbiton & The Shire.

Before I bombard the post with all the tour pics, here’s the ones from the rest of the day.

Trucking on the left side of the road again is always fun, especially since the wiper switch and turn signal switch are reversed. Lots of accidental wiper action today.

It’s been a few years since we drove on the left.

Random weird sight on our 2.5 hour drive.

Didn’t ya know, it’s normal to tow two big hogs on the freeway with your little car?

Happily everything is open in Matamata, and we were able to get a really good steak dinner tonight.

omg, finally a dinner that wasn’t fast, fried, or shitty!

Businesses in Matamata embrace that they are one of the gateways to the Lord of the Rings tourist attractions. This was our dinner spot tonight.

Tonight’s wacky snack was spicy hot Pringle, but keep scrolling for a photo dump of our movie set tour today.

spicy! 🌶️

OK, to the important things. If you’re even a bit of a fan of Lord of the Rings books and movies, you would LOVE to tour the movie set where they filmed scenes for Hobbiton, the Shire, Bag End, and the Green Dragon Inn. We’re not super fans at all, but it was really really neat! These pics don’t do justice to the absolute beauty of the countryside out here, or the details of the set.

Hike into the Shire set was so beautiful

Peeking out our hobbit hole

Overlooking the bridge to Hobbiton and the Green Dragon Inn

Shawn trying to steal the Hobbits ale

Dancing the maypole in the Shire

Bilbo Baggins & Frodo’s hobbit hole at Bag End

Chilling at Bag End

We’re fools of a took, and we always have party business

This is the only fake tree in Hobbiton, at the top of Bag End and built for the movie

Having an ale at the Green Dragon Inn at the end of the tour

Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for more updates tomorrow.❤️

Had a great day today, slept in a bit then headed out for some food. Finally found a bakery with some delicious meat pies and split three of em. Steak n Mushrooms, Steak n Mashed Potatoes, and Eggs Ham n Cheese.

yumm

To work off all the food we took a good walk uphill to Albert Park to check out the sculptures and fountains.

big ass rock archway

fountain, flowers, n purple Jacaranda trees (we have these in San Diego & Maui too)

Shawn showing me the big D

Enough of the nature, it was time for some history! We headed to the Auckland War Memorial Museum, but don’t let the name fool ya, it was mostly a really neat Natural History & Polynesian History museum with the top floor dedicated to the war history.

MASSIVE 75ft Maori war canoe that could hold a hundred warriors. Pic doesn’t do this justice

actual Maori building that the people used for storage

different paddles used by the Polynesian islands

I feel like these T-Rexs could take a clearer selfie than Shawn’s supposedly amazing iPhone camera 🤣

As we had enough of the hiking, we found a “tiki bar” to have a drink n snacks. It wasn’t as near as good as home, but the margarita helped our tired feet feel better.

Not a sneaky-tiki or zombie drink in sight

When I mentioned things are all closed here, it’s not just from the pandemic. Apparently a lot of places just close during the holidays, and this was obviously clear today. We happened upon a NZ Post-office satellite branch closed for holidays until next year! At this point we’re just laughing about the absurdity.

huh…?

After a long day it’s time for bed. Tomorrow we check out of Auckland hotel, pick up our rental truck, and hit the road. We’re heading a couple hours south tomorrow to go Hobbit hunting, so stay tuned for updates! Before I snooze away, tonight’s wacky snack was “Grilled Burgers flavor Pringles”

better than yesterday’s wacky snack

Slept in today and planned on taking it easy. A bit of a boring update today, but heavy rains kept things low key. don’t worry though, weather is looking good after this.

Ended up walking around the waterfront for a while, and checking out all the boats and ferries and potential things to do. Then really heavy thunderstorms rolled in and we took refuge at a pub.

Once that subsided a bit, we found an outdoors store to go buy some gortex jackets. We were going to do this anyways because we can’t easily get outdoors gear on maui, but the rain prompted us to do this sooner. We found out that Boxing Day is one of the biggest shopping days in the country, and the crowds proved it. Sadly according to Wikipedia, the holiday has changed from what it was intended for “Though it originated as a holiday to give gifts to the poor, today Boxing Day is primarily known as a shopping holiday”

Putting aside my thoughts on the gross consumerism machine of the holidays, let’s move on to more fun stuff.

With the rain still pouring and the bowling alley booked up, Shawn and I went and did an escape room called “Bank Heist” at Escape Masters downtown. They locked us in a multi room simulated bank, and we had solve a bunch of clues, puzzles, and lock to break into the vault and get the gold. We managed to escape with two minutes left, and was the first two person team to beat the game this month and ended up in 10th place. Not bad considering most teams had 5-7 players.

Dinner was at an Irish pub with some burgers, then back to the room to wind down early with a snack. Tonight’s random snack was “Sizzling BBQ chips” Made by Lay’s, they resembled Pringles but with a tray inside the tube. (the tray didn’t help, chips were still broken, lol)

Am kinda disappointed in the lack of original local food here, weirdly there are SO MANY places that just serve burgers, hotdogs, and pizza! Even the fast food chains are American based (taco bell, pizza hut, Dennys?!?!) Like most places in the world, the pandemic has changed things, so there’s less variety available than before. I hear this improves out of the city, so we’re looking forward to that.

Tomorrow we’re going to the museum, and may do another escape room in the evening.

Thanks for tuning in, and keep checking back for more updates. 😎❤️

rainy beers

getting into the vault, but we still have to break out of it

post bank heist beer n dinner

weird snack of the evening

silly tray in the chip tube

merry xmas in the USA, and happy Boxing Day in New Zealand!

we took off from Honolulu at 1:30 pm on the 24th, nine hour direct flight, got to hotel at 11:30pm on December 25th.

with international date line, we only had 30mins of xmas this year, then bars and restaurants opened at midnight. so we were able to go to the casino and grab a beer and some food after we checked in.

interestingly while going through customs at the airport, NZ gave every person a four pack of covid tests to take with them and instructions on how to get medical attention if you are sick. plus everywhere has free hand sanitizer for customers to use, including the little corner markets.

however, when we fly home, we’ll actually get home before we left (date and time wise)

enjoying some coffee on our hotel patio this morning then going to explore Auckland. So far we’ve tried fried chicken flavored Pringles. Yummy!

stay tuned for further adventures!! ♥️

on the plane

delicious

view from hotel patio, downtown Auckland

free rona tests provided by NZ

Thanks for tuning in, we are home safe. I am now Shawn’s sugar mama until he gets his cards n license replaced. 10/10 would visit Korea again and recommend to anyone!

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City Gates

temple guard

traditional Korean neighborhood

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happy new year! this is a shitty post, cause 1: we’re drunk 2: happy new year 3:Shawn just lost his wallet in a taxi. all good, cause at least a woman is in charge of the passports and money, LOL