New Zealand Highlights

- going to the Fijordlands and an overnight cruise in the Milford Sound

- kayaking in the pouring rain w/ a seal swimming alongside

- the hot pools at Hamner Springs and self-drying swimsuit machines!

- 180 million year old petrified forest- secret caves in the middle of the Shire

- sheep, sheep, and more sheep - some which had beachfront property!

- picking up hitchiking grandmas from Holland and apple pickers from Paris

- hiking through Abel Tasman National Park

- magnum ice cream!

- Glowworm caves - awesome! 'glow mr.glowworm shimmer, shimmer!'

- singing in the omararu caves- going on a cavern swing through a gorge

- getting saved in the middle of nowhere b/c the battery died in the car!

- playing crazy party games at a campsite w/ a theatre troupe from Christchurch

- the amazing rainbows!!!!

- NZ McDonalds - over the top! McCafe's and subs and hungerbusters and twilight treats etc.

- the picturesque scenery of the Catlins

- the blue-green waters of the Tasman Sea

- being at the southern-most tip of the South Island of New Zealand and almost being blown away!

- scerenading a man in Dutch while he changed a tire in the dark!

- waterfalls, rainforests, craggy cliffs and coastlines, green rolling hills, etc. (BEAUTIFUL!)

- the hilarious bumper stickers, signs, and billboards

- the fairy-tale possibilities of Punakaiki "Pancake Rocks"

- jetboating in Queenstowne

- the beautiful gardens at Larnach Castle - and the road getting there! Oh my holy cow!

- whale-watching in Kaikoura, two sperm whales and 200-300 dolphins!

- sunsets on the coast- driving on the other side of the car on the other side of the road!

- watching the stars at night - brilliant! (seeing 6 shooting stars in one night!)

Billboards to Bumper Stickers, New Zealand Style!

During my travels to New Zealand (it was AWESOME, by the way),

there were some funnies along the way:

Upon entering a town:

No Doctor

No Hospital

1 Cemetary

SLOW DOWN.

On Rental Cars:

"Use Caution. 80% of people are caused by accident."

"Alcohol is not the answer, it just makes you forget the question."

Billboards:

"Buckle up, you're an insecure load."

Road signs:

There were more, but frankly, I don't remember. :)