From NZ to Chile

In a way the title should read reflections on NZ but I thought that was too boring.

Favourite food - seafood platter at Eggcentric on Cormorandel Peninsula

Best experience - heli hike and white water rafting (joint 1st)

Bizarre sight - broken microwaves being used as post boxes in the Caitlins (South)

Bizarre fact - most bridges here are single laned when crossing a river. During winter the waters rise and a lot of bridges are damaged and have to be replaced. A single lane bridge is less expensive to replace.

Place I would want to spend more time in - Cormorandel Peninsula and Queenstown on one of the walking tracks in summer (when I'll hopefully have better weather!)

Sheep - I was expecting a sheep on every street corner but I was surprised with the lack of sheep out there. Farmers are moving to dairy and deer instead and then onto vinyards. There were a couple of long bus journey though with Yumi, my japanese friend going ´sheep´ each time she saw a field with sheep in it! I was close to booting her out of the bus to be with the sheep on a couple of occasions. Apparently fields of sheep are not seen in Japan.

I'm leaving at 1pm for Chile so this is the end for the NZ post. On with the next destination .......