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.