Clumsy Adventurer

Art and Travel Ramblings

Finding Middle-Earth: Mount Doom, Rivendell, and the Weta Cave

June 10, 2019.Reading time 14 minutes.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. Road-tripping through the North Island of New Zealand is a delight in endless spellbinding views. From ocean cliff-side (read: nail-biting) winding roads to barren and windy desert to lush forests, valleys, and mountains. It’s no wonder New Zealand is […]

Finding Middle-Earth: Hobbiton

June 5, 2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door…You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” Nestled in the rolling green hills of Matamata, New Zealand (pronounced Mehtah-Mehtah, and oh yes I really butchered this pronunciation before I was corrected) […]