The first act of our epic travelling adventure, that began two months ago, started in the unofficial seventh state of Australia, New Zealand. The land of the long white cloud lived up to it’s Lonely Planet top ten destinations of the world hype by supplying a never ending sequence of vistas that no amount of embellishment would do it justice. Perhaps the highlight, other than my Aunt Bernie’s lemon pickle, was the ‘twin coasts tour’ of the north island. Often underrated compared to the magnificent south island, Peter Jackson’s impression of Tolkien’s middle earth, the north is still quite dramatic.
Being so far along in our travels, the New Zealand part of the trip seems a distant memory. In fact, at this time I had my thoughts squarely on South America, an entire continent steeped in so many stereotypes, e.g. from my brief encounters with Brazilian students in Perth and from watching Alessandra Ambrosio on Victoria Secret. None the less, the kiwi stop-over turned out to be an excellent decision as it gave me a chance to recover from the two week whirl-wind of being at home trying to organize everything in my life before on another ‘tour of duty’.
Here’s a bunch of pictures from the New Zealand leg.
the world is an amazing place 