New Zealand
After a rude welcome by unusually naive & incompetent immigration & customs officials (even by downunder standards),
this time even surpassing good old England, which traditionally has had the rudest & least intelligent staff,
we arrive in....
Christchurch
The Otago peninsula
Dunedin
Fjordland
Doubtful sound
Still frigid !
Milford sound
A cold & rainy version of northshore Molokai, SUBLIME !
The road to Queenstown
Queenstown
A very remote waterfall
The west coast
Endless roads through fern forests
Marlborough
Found my favorite winery, Cloudy Bay.
Kayaking the sounds
North Island
Brad's place
Lake Taupo
Some potential dive spots,
in the Coromandel peninsula.
That's your Kauripine, Steve. 15' in diameter !!!
The weirdest sand in the world is found on beaches west of Auckland.
Drove 10.000 km on the wrong side of the road !!!
2011
Back in Auckland.
Fine Auckland neighbourhood &
center of town in charming Wanganui.
Wanganui countryside.
An excellent evening at the beach house !
On the way to Wellington.
Wellington.
Back at Hookah falls.
A few months later
Up the needle again.