Photos from South Island

We arrived in Christchurch yesterday and turned in our camper. Miraculously, it was still one piece. We've got wifi for the next several days so we're trying to get updated. We'lll make a longer post tomorrow or Thursday but for now we've uploaded some photos from South Island. It's hard not love this place. It's stunningly beautiful and unspoiled. Rainforests, lakes, secluded beaches, glaciers, snow capped mountains, fiords are all within a few hours drive of each other. Surprisingly, camping guides indicate that you can drink directly out of most any stream or lake in Southland. The Kiwi's are adventure junkies so every region of the country offers bungee jumping, jet boating, treking, kayaking, fishing, heli tours, luge runs, horse riding, and the list goes on. We even saw a sign advertising a vineyard tour as a "wine adventure".

Hi from Queenstown

Sorry we haven't updated in a while. We're back in the first world in New Zealand but wifi is not widely available and when it is, it costs about $10 for an hour. It's hard to believe that starbucks could charge you $4 for a coffee and then keep a straight face as they tell you that the wifi connection will be another $10. Anyway, we're wrapping a whirlwind tour of the South Island and are heading toward Christchurch later today. We've joined the brotherhood of mobile homeboys for the last `13 days and it's been a riot. I'll fill you in with more details when we get to Christ Church. For now, we've added some pictures of the North Island.