there are images of Lake Tekapo that will stay in my mind: the bright midnight stars reflected in the black waters of this beautiful lake, the first morning swim of a couple of ducks in the early morning mist...We then drove to a charming place called Geraldine and spent a night in the Peel Forest, calm green and coold. The coast looked sunny and warm from here, once we had our fill of clean forest air. There is a lovely little place called Akaroa (I love those M...

Wanaka under the sun was pure pleasure, it should become a word to express complete satisfaction in a very simple way. I learned a lot about Maori art chatting at the market with a group of artists. Each one of their greenstone pendants are actually very ancien symboles supposed to bring luck. Some of their intricate patterns remind me of celtic styles crosses. Today, after only a night in pretty, touristy, givmeyourmoni Queenstown, we left early in the morning ...

One advantage of all that rain is that now, in the sun, we are surrounded by snow capped peaks begging to be explored. We decided to change camp sites yesterday to treat ourselve with a very comfortable camper kitchen in which to wait for the weather to improve. Free internet, big sofas and TV, and a hot spa...heaven in between the cold drops. Maxim and Callum walk around in Tshirt and have played for hour with a new kid who just left. Once the wash has dryed, w...

The landscape here is purely amazing, eternal ice on top of mountains reflected in calm huge lakes, surrounded by the very magical forest where the Lord of the Rings was filmed...Spetacular roads over mighty rivers..., At least that is what we have seen on the postcards at the tourist office, there is not much to admire when it rains like that. The only time my heart jumped is when Paul went too close too fast to the edge... hoi would you just slow down/I am with...

Karamea is at the top end of the South Island, population 650, the entrance sign said welcome to paradise, they are not for off on that one. Our camp site is right beside an estuary which Maxim and Callum have enjoyed exploring as soon as we arrived. The sunset was magical and this morning, John the owner lend us some canoes to discover the same spot under two meters of water at high tide... Imagine wide open waters, birds flying low, low hanging trees creating l...