Sunday 4 March 2007

Pol's 3 favourite things to do in NZ

Some of my favourite things to do in NZ

1. Driving around – there’s been some phenomenal scenery driving around NZ. Te-Anau to Milford Sound, windy rally style mountain drives along the Queen Charlotte Drive from Nelson to Picton (where I got to do a rather mediocre stig rally car impersonation) and of course the scary NZ drivers. As one New Zealander said, we’re probably the nicest people in the world, until you put us behind the wheel of a car, where we turn into angry, evil maniacs.


2. Having a decent cup of tea after a long hike. Nothing more British than enjoying a cup of tea. Wherever you are! I suppose the hiking’s been quite good fun too.

3. Wondering about the ‘contradictory’ nature of NZ. So sorry Singapore, but NZ is far more contradictory, merlion or not… That and weddings. Everyone loves weddings. Especially for a bit of a boogie on the dancefloor as Gazman shows…

Montana Winery, Blenheim



Wade to Abel Tasman water taxi


Milford Sound boat cruise


Franz Josef Glacier



Te Puia mud pools


David & Kathryn's wedding dancefloor, Auckland (CENSORED on request)

NZ, I’ll be back…

2 comments:

Gaz man said...

That last picture makes it look like I'm about honk someone's hooters. You'd better take it off - I don't want to compromise my clean cut image....!

Pol said...

fair enough. Consider the image censored. :-)