Crisp and chewy, warm and gooey. There’s nothing quite like a peanut butter chocolate cookie baked in a skillet. Our server brings us our cookie topped with a wobbly scoop of vanilla ice cream and tells us to be careful; the cast iron skillet retains … Continue readingWisdom is a warm cookie
We return to the Redwoods Treewalk after dinner. Driving towards the forest, only our headlights shine our path. It’s nearly pitch dark, that is, till we reach our destination. During dinner, I had sent some pictures of our daytime tree walk to our friends. One … Continue readingThe spectacular journey of our lives
We are not walking on clouds. There are treetops over our heads. There are fans of giant ferns below us. We are taking a stroll in mid-air, between behemoths of trees. We are walking in the redwoods forest, many metres above the forest floor. We … Continue readingThese trees are made for walking
After the underwhelming if mirth-inducing Lady Knox Geyser, we are happy to wander without expectations. There is a different bliss in not knowing what comes next. Still, we have heard one of Wai-O-Tapu’s geothermal wonders is its Champagne Pool. And when we arrive at its … Continue readingPluto’s rainbow
It isn’t noon yet but the sun feels high above our heads. We find vacant seats in the nearly full amphitheatre half-encircling the object of everyone’s attention: the Lady Knox Geyser. Everyone is here to watch her blow. Soon one of the Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland … Continue readingThar she blows!