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Week One – Queenstown and Auckland

March 10, 2017 by mjrunaway No Comments

Update: **For those of you who have not been reading the full posts (we completely understand) you may have missed our photos page which has heaps more photos than are on this post. Head to the Week 1 InFocus page for a look at even more photos related to the post below!**

Hello! We’re a little over 3 weeks into our travels and finally finding a little time to get some things done – mostly because we’re on a 3 hour ferry ride from Picton to Wellington – but more importantly it has internet that is more reliable than the hostels!

We arrived in Queenstown NZ, our first stop, on February 15th. We had originally planned to stay on the North Island for a while until our buddy Joe could meet up with us but Malcolm found a marathon in Queenstown that looked too crazy to pass up. So we switched our plans around, adjusted our final destination and set off! The marathon was three days after we landed, on Saturday the 18th – we figured the three days before would be enough to get over jet lag and somewhat acclimate to the high 70 degree weather as we were leaving a relatively cold winter in Seattle with temps consistently hovering around freezing.

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Hello, this is Malcolm and Jessica's blog. This site is a way for us to share with friends and family our adventures over the last 10 months as we leave Seattle to see as much of the world as we can. It is very much a work in progress.

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  • Site Look and Feel Updated – And More Posts! December 2, 2017
  • Week Seven – Perth and Western Australia December 2, 2017
  • Week Six – Headed for a week in Sydney December 2, 2017
  • Random Trip Counters December 2, 2017
  • Week Five – Melbourne and the Great Barrier Reef July 9, 2017

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  • Week 1 InFocus – Queenstown and Auckland
  • Week 2 InFocus – North Island, Part 1
  • Week 3 InFocus – Back to the South Island!
  • Week 4 InFocus – Final Days in NZ before AU
  • Week 5 InFocus – Melbourne and the Great Barrier Reef

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