You really are making my country look amazing! And it is but so few can capture the wonder and the beauty of it all. Doing these trips virtually with two very real down to earth and lovely people has been just magical. Your channel deserves to grow exponentially.
Happy Birthday Glenn🎉🎉. We have followed your videos from day one. You have shown such great content, we have lived here all our lives and havent seen half of the beautiful areas you have been to. New Zealand tourism should contribute to your travels, as you both have show cased our country to be a place people would love to visit. Thank you for the enjoyment we get watching your videos. Regards. Deb and Wal.
hey Deb and Wal! such kind words from you and you definitely motivate us to continue doing what we do :) of course its time consuming and challenging but its so worth it to show of beautiful New Zealand to everyone :)
Happy belated birthday Glen. You are like a small boy entering a toy store for the first time lol. So excitable and it’s so gratifying that Mado and yourself are loving the beauty of NZ.
Stopped douting you have me beleaving. Great Kiwi ambassadoors from Irland and Germany. God delights in gratatude and I think you made His day God Bless you both.
The highlight of my life (so far) has been the cruise on the Doubtful Sound. I'm so happy Glen & Mado got to experience this as well. I agree that it's worth every penny. Total "bucket list" stuff. And Happy Birthday Glen from Los Angeles!
Thankyou, that brings back great memories, so pleased you both enjoyed it so much, your smile Mado shone through whole vid, and Glen you are such a charming character
I have happily watched I think, all your NZ vids and you two are so so very informative, human, happy, its been an absolute pleasure to travel with you both via your videos. I know you've long gone by now but honestly, I've loved your journeys here from start to finish. I think there's one more, cant remember lol but thank you, thank you... dont ever lose your joy and appreciation of nature, beauty and everything lol. Its been a pleasure. This particular video was my favourite, I never really knew - appreciated the beauty of my own country, that is so sad. This video though brought me to my knees... a dirty great big woweee... thanks and cheers.
Happy Birthday Glen! Your adventure on Doubtful Sound brought back memories of a 1974 excursion that my sister and I had. Our trip to Doubtful Sound included the boat across Lake Manapouri then a bus ride to the Manapouri power station (awe inspiring.) The bus continued through the bush where we saw lots of native birds. We arrived to a small dock on the sound and boarded a fishing boat, only a dozen or so passengers. The captain had fished the waters and told tales of Maori legends. We sat on the deck (no chairs) and moved through the mists as if we were the only people on the planet. Unfortunately we didn't have cameras. Thank you again for sharing this wonderful trip which has enriched my own memories. So impressed with the way you share your experiences in New Zealand. I'm determined to have one last visit. Take care.
🎉 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BUD 🎉 Im glad your enjoying the south island, its the best part of the country, less people an more to see, look forward to the rest of your south island trip, safe travels cheers!
I went on the trip to the power station in 1990 and went underground to the generator room a couple of hundred feet underground in a bus through a descending spiral tunnel. A very nice area and boat ride, however we did not go as far as to Doubtful Sound, so thanks for showing us around. The constant smile on Mado's face says it all.
Happy Birthday Glen! If this was filmed in April, I'm an April birthday too! Thanks to you and Mado I'm going to start hiking! I ❤ your New Zealand videos!
Happy birthday, Glen, I did the day trip three years ago, and an overnight Kayak trip in the 90s staying in a tent, weather was over 30 degrees both days, an Irish fire-fighter was the only one to go swimming, funny enough he was with a German girl who he met in New Zealand.
thats mental, whats the chances haha. we also hope you had a wonderful time too when you did the day trip :) we met in Ireland though so a little different actually haha.
Happy birthday, Glen. Like a couple of others commenting, i went there on a school trip many moons ago. Southland school kids are(??)/were lucky to have a week long school trip there. A great experience and beautiful scenery. PS love kiwi slang you're picking up: "sweet as"
My husband and I have this exact cruise booked for March next year . Now I can't wait to be there. Also thanks to you both I now what to make sure I pack and what to look forward to. I am so enjoying your travels around NZ and seeing all the places on our itinerary. You are my number one go to for anything travel.
Manapouri & Te Anau are my Happy Place. I grew up going there for holidays as we lived in Southland. Now I live in Christchurch but go back once a year to relive the memories and enjoy the peacefulness. This episode was awesome, you brought back so many childhood memories of being on Lake Manapouri going over Wilmont Pass and into Doubtful Sound. You edit these videos so very well and your showing our country to the world in such a down to earth, honest way. Love what your doing and what a wonderful way to celebrate your birthday. ...... Thank you 👌
It’s such a beautiful part of the country! Couldn’t ask for anything better to celebrate my birthday! Also Christchurch would be one of our favourite cities too so you chose wisely 😀 thanks for your special words keeps us motivated to continue making more content ❤️
Stayed there for a week on a school trip, with hiking trips into the bush, when aged 12 (a very long time ago). Went back a couple of times as an adult. Launch (much smaller than on this video) nearly rolled over rounding the heads of the sound - even the captain was shaken up. Such a magical place, except for the sand flies 😆. Wonderful travel vlogs - I have not lived in NZ for 36 years and your videos are prompting me for a NZ travel holiday.
you need to get back to your home country! it least you had some speical memories as a kid here in Nz and got to say you have experience some of the country 😀
You guys absolutely rock!!You are the best tourist ambassadors that this country could have. I hope that our Ministry is taking note. You have shown us many parts of the country that we did not know existed or grossly under-valued. A belated birthday best wishes to Glen
So glad you did the trip. I’ve lived in the South Island for over 20 years and I’d still say an over night cruise in Doubtful Sounds is the best experience ever!
Feel lucky to have visited, for both day trip and overnight stay, on both Milford and Doubtful Sounds. Although both are stunning the remoteness of Doubtful makes it my favourite. The day trip there also used to include a tour of the (far) underground Manapouri Power Station (near where the bus departs from) but I think they no longer do that. It was pretty special too
Robin your definitely living it up then my friend! its magical isnt it? we also heard that the tour of the power station was included a couple of years back but they stopped it due to safety issues or something.
Awesome experience and well captured. Love the misty moodly fiordland area. I've visited Doubtful sound but never been out there by boat and that looks amazing!
I really enjoyed watching this video as myself and 5 other family members had a 5 day trip on that very boat in Doubtful and Dusky Sounds just over 5 years ago. Definitely once in a life time experience. You do such a good job recording it.
We did the day cruise on the Doubtful Sound in February in the rain and it was spectacular. We would love to go back and do the overnight cruise, just need to start saving.
Wow ' I was blown away by Milford sound ' now I may have to put that doubtful sound experience on my to-do list ! cheers for the great insight , 10 out of 10 wow looked like you guys almost had a tear of overwhelming Joy from that experience .
So glad you made it to Doubtful Sound and had such a positive experience after that Milford Sound experience you had. Happy Birthday Glen thanks for showing us inside the ship, I have done doubtful sound but not over night.
its just so different to the milford William, completely different experience haha. mado is an introvert so she enjoys less crowds 😂 thanks for the special comment too!
Hey looks a great cruise. I’ve done the more touristy Milford Sound but to go to Doubtful Sound with very little tourism looks great. Food looks awesome too!
This was such an awesome watch. I see you passed the Manapouri power station on your journey - the largest in NZ. I was lucky enough as a kid to go visit it and go under the lake to the turbine hall 200m u underground with my Dad who was working as a PM on a refurbishment project :)
If you had done that a few years ago you would have gone in a big spiral in the bus down to the power house at west arm, AMAZING ! Not sure why it was stopped ???!!
Really happy to see you both so happy and what a really special trip this is! The top of NZ cruises for sure. Hope life in Tauranga is treating you well at the moment and you make it up to the Mt summit. Shame we are going to get more rain!
We have been up that the mountain a lot when we first arrived actually as we stayed for 3 months in Tauranga 😅🫣 they we’re basically our first New Zealand videos when we came too! Yeah rain is abit unpleasant just starting the coromandel as we need to see the rest of it that we missed😀
@@GlenAndMado You took a while to pop up on my ph!! Thought I'd caught up but obviously haven't. I know you said Tauranga wasn't your favourite place, wasn't sure what happened. Maybe just wasn't enough to see for that three mnths.
@@lesleyhughes3174 Awh it’s a wonderful place don’t get me wrong, it all depends what you want in life though. The South Island can’t be beaten but less opportunity down there that’s the only down fall. So for the north island Tauranga is a great place, we seen mostly everything around the area too. Were we stayed though beside katikati was wonderful though!
@@GlenAndMado 👍totally understand. I'm off on my usual yearly Tauranga to Chch trip at the wkend, but you have taught me well to slow down and enjoy more of places that I've never spent much time in. I travel between Auck Tau and Chch regularly as a fulltime van lifer. 6 yrs now! Have fun guys! 🌞🙋🏼♀️🚐👍
Excellent videos Beautiful places. Thanks u both making these types videos. No words to express. Super super super super super super God bless u both with good health and happiness Always . BALAJI from INDIA. PLS REPLY FOR MY COMMENTS.
thanks for watching! hope you enjoyed the video my friend :) we really appreciate you! haha I responded, we try to always get back to everyone when we have time :)
Happy birthday, Glenn . So you about a 1994 model. My eldest son is 1990 my 2nd son 1991 (One stays in Dubai, one in NZ, South Island side. Mado: At least give that man of yours a Big hug 🫂. Happiness is:. Regards South Africa 🇿🇦.
Howya John! there all living the good life then it seems, glad there seeing the world too :) always give each other hugs don't worry 😉😂 also should be staying with an south african up in Auckland actually soon! :)
They went right past the magnificent Manapouri Power Station which utilises the drop between Lake Manapouri and Doubtful Sound to generate enormous amounts of hydro power. The station is carved out of the inside of a mountain and is truly a wonder. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manapouri_Power_Station The tour bus takes you down through a spiral rock tunnel to the generators. It's insane to realise you're 200 metres (700 feet) down inside solid rock. Don't miss it.
Happy Birthday! We are going to New Zealand in a few months. We have to choose between going to Milford Sound or Doubtful Sound, we can’t do both. Which would you choose if you had to?
Doubtful sound by a mile! It’s so much better! You will pay about 3 or 4 times more but the experience is a once and a lifetime. We personally didn’t enjoy the Milford so much!
Great channel, but the volume of SOME parts of the audio in some videos is too low to understand what you are saying. Edit: Just had another listen and it's not simply the volume. I am not a techy person but it seems you may not be speaking close enough to the mic and I'm not hearing your voices abpve the ambient sounds?
