We have accrued more pictures than we could ever know what to do with, but they will show the fabulous time on the honeymoon so much better than I could ever write it!
As an intro/recap: on Monday, December 10, AJ's best man drove us to LAX in the early afternoon. We were still recovering from everything and barely had time to pack - just throwing what we could into suitcases. We flew from LAX to SFO, then SFO to Auckland. Sadly, Air New Zealand did not care that it was our honeymoon and offer us any form of upgrades. Womp womp.
We spent our time in New Zealand being tourists: sightseeing, excursions, enjoying the city. Then we flew to Tahiti, where they DID care that it was our honeymoon and upgrade us and give us champagne and nuts. (Ahhh, the little things!). We took a ferry to our island, Mo'orea, and we did absolutely nothing for a whole week and it was glorious. The most energy we ever spent was renting a car and driving around the island (which only takes about an hour!). Otherwise we slept in, snorkeled, read, and napped. We came home on Wednesday, December 26th. Now enjoy the visuals!
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| On the way to LAX! |
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| Being dropped off at LAX |
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| Hello Kiwi LOL |
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| In Auckland |
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| In our tiny Airbnb |
The terrifying walk to our Airbnb on the 11th floor
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| Watching the Charger game in Wellington |
Timelapse on the Wellington Cable Car up the hill
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| Geothermal geysers |
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| Yeah these obviously aren't in order |
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| Vegemite. It's salty!! |
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| View from our Airbnb haha |
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| New Zealand Christmas Tree |
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| Where the NZ All Blacks play |
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| Cuties! |
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| Looks like Koopa, no? |
Big kitty!
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I told AJ these lizards were on their
honeymoon too ;) |
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| Pengie swimming! |
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| Pengie hiding |
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Auckland Zoo was the best! All the animals
were so active and fun |
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| Flying into Wellington |
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| Flying out of Wellington |
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| Auckland Sky Tower |
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| Auckland skyline |
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| Glowworm caves |
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| Polynesian spa |
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| Maori cultural presentation |
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| Kiwi bird! |
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| Just admiring my wedding set on Waiheke Island |
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| I call this... The Wall of Wolfe Street |
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| On our way to the glowworm caves in Waitomo |
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| Watching the Charger game in Wellington |
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| Being tourist in Auckland |
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| Bilbo's house |
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| The Party Tree |
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| Enjoying our ale at the Green Dragon Inn |
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| Doesn't this look like the default Microsoft background? Ha! |
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| Waiheke Island! |
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| Selfie with penguins! |
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| Ferry from Waiheke Island back to Auckland |
And then Tahiti...
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| Getting lei'd on arrival! |
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| Out our bungalow deck |
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| Aerial view of our resort |
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| Polynesian fire dancers! |
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| Around Mo'orea |
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| Enjoying champs on our Air New Zealand flight |
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| Our bungalow on arrival |
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| Sunrise over Tahiti |
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I just loved that we were bungalow 111.
It felt very auspicious |
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| Random island chickens |
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| Resort's Christmas decor lololol |
Boomerang of the dancers lololol
Another boomerang
Slowmo fire!
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Me floating in the donut our bungalow neighbors
(from Irvine!!) left us |
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| Ruins on the island |
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| Belvedere lookout |
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This wasn't ours but with the K + A, we
claimed it |
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| He looks annoyed ahhaha |
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| Merry Christmas! This was our Christmas Day |
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| Bungalow 111 ! |
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| Resort grounds |
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| This is what every morning noon and night looked for me |
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| I love the Polynesian statue in the water |
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| Can you see that insanely large school of fish?? |
Slow mo fish frenzy!
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| Feeding them bread |
It was hard to come home, although it was a long trip and I feel like we really did our honeymoon right! No complaints here. It was a once-in-a-lifetime trip and we had the time of our lives!
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