ten things we loved about new zealand

1. Hospitality and friendliness of the people – Pete and Danielle…need I see more than mention their names? The numerous people who helped us when our hippie got stuck on the side of the road
2. Small town lifestyle – you can tell the size of a town by the speed limit. 80km = not much there, 70km = maybe a petro shop, 60km = town is more than 5 blocks, 50km or less = likely a tourist attraction worth checking out. It’s hard to get lost.
3. Changing topography around every corner – one minute you’ll see a rainforest, and the next minute a sheep pasture. It’s crazy!
4. Amazing natural attractions and wildlife - Ninety-mile Beach, Cathedral Cove, glaciers, fiordlands, glowworm caves, dolphins, and fairy penguins. We could go on forever.
5. Beautiful scenery – if I had a dollar for every time we said, “wow…isn’t that beautiful?!” we could travel for another 6 months.
6. Tourist friendly country – the most helpful information centers who will book everything and anything, load you up on free maps and are really knowledgeable.
7. Camper life allowed us the freedom to explore – our hippie never failed us and offered us the essentials we needed – car and bed. When we got tired we could just pull over and nap in our bed.
8. Camper sites were very well equipped and maintained – we roll up to a site and there was always availability. All of them had kitchens and hot showers, which were cleaned everyday. Met some of our dearest friends there.
9. Saw more sheep and cows than people – we enjoy socializing with people but it’s also nice to get away from it all. The sheep and cows seem so peaceful. There would be days when we didn’t see a living soul except the manager of the camper site when we checked in. We loved it!
10. Felt at home – could this be our next home?! Stay tuned to find out!

Comments

[mary lappan]

I like the format and it sure shows that you enjoyed your travels to New Zealand. Hope all the rest of your trip is enjoyable too.
Mary

[Hilary & JO]

Love the recap

[Christy Alarcon]

Glad you guys are having a wonderful time! Try not to move out of the U.S. if you can help it!

[Lindsay Anderson]

Reading this re-cap and all your posts brings back so many great memories of our Fiji/NZ trip a few months back. Even though I don't comment much, please know that I am reading this blog often and following along on your journey. So glad you are having such a great time!!!

[Joyce Hsiao]

O.o i thought you were kidding about moving!! i hope you dont for your wonderful neices.

just a couple of thoughts... fairy penguins? how cute lol and how was socializing with the herds of sheep?

<3

[Annie Lin]

We miss New Zealand already.

I see that there's some levering for us to stay in the states. :)