New Zealand Trip

All the photos posted below on June 20th were taken in the past two weeks on our trip to New Zealand.

As you will see the scenery is dramatic in every direction, the family is having fun, and the Maori culture is fascinating.

Southern California coast, before our departure to New Zealand

view from B&B, Akaroa, South Island

Lake Tekapo, South Island

Lake Tekapo, South Island

view from our B&B - Wanaka Lake

we begin the flight over the Southern Alps, toward the Pacific West Coast

Southern Alps

Southern Alps

Southern Alps

Southern Alps

glacial stream

Southern Alps

inlet to Milford Sound

Milford Sound fjord

the team in front of Milford Sound

Milford Sound

the photographer with a cool backdrop

the inlet to Milford Sound (the little white speck in the center is a small ship)

waterfall cascades into the blue waters

flying back over the mountains

arriving safely on our Cessna

approaching the wine country - South Island

wine country near Blenheim

wine country scene

Cloudy Bay vineyard

Marlborough trees watch over the vineyards

coastal beauty - South Island

up the mountain, to the luge carts...

Rotorua - lake and resort town on the North Island

emerging from the Zorb...

in the ball, down the hill...

Zorbing NZ

traditional Maori greeting/challenge

Maori sentry at the village gates

poised to challenge visitors

Maori design

fearsome Maori warriors in song

sometimes I feel this way, too...

tossing sticks

madam surveys the geothermal pools

approaching the falls

falls in the woods

waterfall of hot water

photographers in the thermal mist

the eerie look of geothermal pools

rose-like flowers

ferns

the fields of sheep were everywhere

coastal scene South of Auckland

rainbow along the drive north