Banned hobbits. Bilbo Baggins home in the Shire in middle earth...

Rainbow Falls New Zealand

Rainbow Falls New Zealand...travel channel rated third overall in the word swimming spot. Mike went behind the falls too!

Mike

We are alive we just been out of wifi area. Drove up to a peninsula on the curves road in the world!!! And the locals drive extremely fast... the speed limit tends to be between 80 to 100 meters per hour..can someone translate that I to mph for us an d post it to the blog?  Yesterday we went to the black sand beach in Murkowski...stunning and breathtaking g. Huge cliffs and rocks and caves..the sand wAs shiny!!! Climbed down and back up a mountain to get there..so if you get any black sand from me you know I think highly of you...
We just got back from the hot sand beach and we will be taking a little ferry over to Cathedral beach and then back over the curviest mountain ever and down to hobbits for the tour. Tonight we will be dining at the Green Dragon inn at the Shire and toast our adventures with a flagon of ale and then spending the night at opal hot springs. Then we will be going to the village of Rotuarau and hang out with our cousins the Maori...maybe get a new tattoo...even if you don't care for them they have some beautiful tribal ones. This country is absolutely stunning and almost surreal in its beauty. I have also been having difficulty posting pics as the wifi isn't very strong but when we get back we will have many memories to share. Love to the daughters and grandkids...We will be checking in again as soon as we can...
One more great thing here..I don't have the DTs...no news of Donald u know who....paradise