At the airport in Sydney, espresso and australian wine
In Christchurch, New Zealand
Christchurch
Queen Victoria in Christchurch
The Christchurch founders memorial
UC (University of Canterbury) Art Center
Little Kiwi in the wild at the botanical gardens
Peace bell
"Punting" in Christchurch
Yummmmy restaurant!!
View from the hotel
Apollo! at the first grocery shopping stop (no step-up haircuts)
On the way to Hanmer Springs
North of Christchurch, on the way to Lewis pass
On a bridge on route 7A to Hanmer Springs
Same bridge, the other side
Somewhere on route 7A
On route 65, Buller Gorge
Suspended bridge on Buller Gorge
Trek at the suspended bridge
Wet plants on the trek
On route 6 on the way to Westport
In&Out of the rain, on route 6
Same without the red-jacket intruder
Cape Foulwind, west of Westport, at Sunset
A model pose on the characteristic sheep-proof fence crossing, at Cape Foulwind
The trek - after the stupid seals
Rainbow at Foulwind
The other end of the rainbow
Sun at last
Tauranga Bay
First dinner - camping at Carters Beach - at the first of the Top 10's
Carters Beach
Heading South, along route 6, entering Paparoa National Park
Kiwis on the back of a kiwi bus
Punakaiki, at the beach before the Pancake Rocks
Wave in the Pancake Rocks
Sheepses on Coast road, HW 6, heading south
Lake Ianthe, south of Hokitika
Lunch at lake Ianthe
Approaching Franz Josef Glacier, between the glacier road and the village
Franz Josef Glacier
One of many waterfalls on the way to the base of the glacier
Stefano heading for a shower is setting the scale
Stefano under the shower with his new rain jacket
Almost there, with our 2 fellow explorers
Mouth of the glacier
The glacier river from the glacier
Kea, the alpine parrot
Second dinner, second camping, second top ten, nice hat, nice wine
View from the campground: FJ Glacier
Getting ready for the helicopter ride
There we go!
Parking lot at the glacier's base, from the helicopter
Getting off the helicopter - arrival on the glacier
Tesla on the heli-runway
Entrance of an ice grotto: these are ever-changing formations, which change rapidly
back on the helicopter
Waiho Flat from the helicopter, and the river out of FJG
Driving between FJG and Fox Glacier
The red river on the trek to Lake Matheson, close to Fox Glacier
Fern trees on the same trek, lake Matheson
Lunch at lake Matheson, at ~ 3PM, to the great envy of by-passers
The huge cliff bordering Fox Glacier's valley
The cliff from further ahead towards the glacier
Fox glacier
Driving back north from the glaciers, the flats around Whataroa
Flats along HW6
The beach at Hokitika, what a wonderful, long, though wet run!!! And nice dinner with chili!
On HW 73, on the way to Arthur's pass
Arthur Pass
HW 73, in the flat around Bealey Spur
More on HW 73, down West Coast Rd
After this, we get to Chrostchurch, go to the conference, deliver talks, head south...
Oamaru, the harbor, to the blue penguin site. The sign is NOT a joke...
Oamaru, a drink waiting for the lazy penguins to get out of the water...
The wharf at Oamaru
Oamaru
Just outside Oamaru
Bushy beach, site of the yellow-eyed penguin colony, south of Oamaru
One of the little dudes coming out of the water - a seal, just killed by the penguin, lies in the background
The blondie checking out the penguin little dudes
Two really close yellow-eyed penguins
The little yellow-eyed dude
Big balls on the beach: Moeraki boulders
More balls
Tesla the beautiful siren on a Moeraki boulder
Inside of the boulders
On the Otago peninsula, in front of Dunedin
Portobello Road, on the Otago peninsula
Shallow water between Otago and the Dunedin coast
Tesla at the albatros center
the albatros colony at Harington point. One of the birds is incubating her egg
Hippie van sieged by seagulls, outside the albatros center
Lunch in front of the albatros center
Gigantic seaweeds
Fur seal down the road from the albatros center
Sand spit at the tip of the Otago peninsula
Driving back on Highcliff road in the interior of the Otago peninsula
View of Macandrew bay
Sheep thingy
On the way to Nuggets point
Lighthouse at Nuggets point
More seaweedses around the nuggets
The road in the Catlins forest
Scenery on the southern coast
Fern trees along the trek to Cathedral caves
The beach at Cathedral caves
Entrance to the caves
Dedicated to the soon-to-be-gone president
Petrified forest at Curio Bay
Seaweeds in Curio Bay
The pretty girl!
Petrified Stump
The actual Curio Bay beach
On the road to Invercagill
Mighty Apollo Creed
Rose garden in Invercagill
Hairy italian dude in Invercagill
World Wars memorial - remembering that the Kiwis saved Trieste
On the way to Te Anau
Orepuki Bay or something
Clifton Gorge bridge
Outside the fucking caves
Inside the freaking caves
So that's what a glow-worm looks like
Tesla meditating on killing Stefano for forcing her in the freaking caves
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle
The freaking caves' map
North on 99
The Manapuri lake
Te Anau and its lake, on the way to Milford sound
The road to Milford sound
A lake on the way to Milford sound
A glacier on the way
The crazy driver
Last daylight at the Milford sound
Marking the territory
The prettiest!
On the cruise in Milford sound
The birthday boy
Underwater observatory
Black coral
On the way back - potty break
Queenstown
Freaking kiwi america's cup boat
"The Remarkables", just outside Queenstown
Vineyards in the wine region around Cromwell
Lindis pass
Lake Pukaki
Sexy girl in front of Mount Cook
Lunch with a view on Mount Cook
Sketchy dude in front of Lake Pukaki & Mount Cook
The last sunset at Christchurch, on the New Brighton beach
Beach house in New Brighton
At the Antartic Center, near the airport
Feel the breeze!
Last couple of little blue penguin dudes
Oh No! Americans again!
