Returning to “normal life” has been a huge adjustment and I have been so swamped and overwhelmed with starting a new job that 6 months without making a single blog post just flew by. I have had this blog post about our 4-day hike in Tongariro National Park half-written for a while. It feels good that I can finally take some time to blog about the travels we have done and hopefully I can even write a bit more about my life as an expat in Sweden.

Danne and I finished up our trip in January where we flew from New Zealand to Fiji. Fiji was exciting for us since we ended up getting engaged! Woohoo! After leaving Fiji, we flew to Hong Kong to break up our long trip home on Saturday. Anyways, last time I wrote, I wrote about our 2-day stay in Rotorua (click on the link to read about it!). After Rotorua, we drove to Tongariro National Park to start our 4-day hiking adventure. I love to do day hikes; however, I had never done a multi-day hike before. I think it is always a good idea to try new things while travelling. There are many hikes in Tongariro National Park, but I booked the Great Walk Tongariro Nothern Circuit back in July. I booked it with very little research and we did the hike in 4 days, which was plenty of time.

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