Wellington

After leaving Taupo we headed south to the nation's capital- Wellington aka Welli. We drove through the Tongariro National park on the way which was the first place we saw snow up on the mountains. Wellington has a scenic drive into town along the water front and we saw a great view of the city from Mt. Victoria. The city sord of reminds me of Chattanooga; its about the same size and has a similar feel. While in the city, Nathan and I checked out the national museum which was really cool. Included in there was the Lord of the Rings exhibit. This country has gone crazy over that movie; we've seen many locations that were in the movie. We also saw the theatre that held the premier. We left Wellington on a 3 hour ferry ride that carried us through the Marlborough Sound and Cook Straight to Picton on the South Island.

Did you know there are only 4 million people in the country of NZ? That's about how many people live in Louisiana alone. Also, they call themselves Kiwis after the national bird called the kiwi.