Wanderings Throughout New Zealand
While wandering around New Zealand we were enchanted by these beautiful Islands and talked about its stiking difference yet similarity to England.
The mesmerising photograph above encapsulates one of the many spectacular views we came across as we journeyed throughout New Zealand.
Our trip began on the tranquil roads of the South Island to the busy yet still quiet, in comparison with England, highways around the North Island.
As we travelled for three relaxing weeks in a comfortable Camper Van we felt like we had a snail’s home on our backs with the freedom to stop whenever we wanted and stare at sites like this.
Art took this particular photo and he has chosen it as his favourite. It summarises our frame of mind as we travelled; serene, enchanted and focused on New Zealand’s natural landscape as we looked down Milford Sound. This Sound (similar as the fiords in Norway) will eventually take you out to the Tasman Sea that leads into the Pacific Ocean on one side and the Indian on the other. When you automatically focus on the bright clear colours, which are the result of the unpolluted atmosphere of New Zealand.
We were lucky with this photograph as it captures the sun beaming down on us; a rare treat in this area, which usually has a higher rainfall than London. This picture shows New Zealand South Island
as a tropical, yet just a few miles down the road we came across ice in the form of glaciers; one day bathed in sunshine and the other drenched in a torrential storm with chunks of ice cascading down a turbulent churned up river.
Travelling through the islands we experienced the English Lakeland, at the same time viewing New Zealand’s tropical plants and captivating tiny fan tailed birds sweeping around us. At one stop we stepped outside our camper van and heard the haunting sounds of a rare tropical bird called Kokako. A few days later we watched Sperm Wales; tales dropping down into the depths of the sea through crashing waves. Albatross, the largest bird in the world swooping overhead. At the same time around us we viewed similar to Cornwall’s coastline. On both Islands we drove past rolling Scottish hills with the possibilities of the mysterious Hobbits being filmed living in its nooks and crannies. Only days later we smelt New Zealand's sulphur, bubbling up through thin crested volcanic soil.
We were confused and yet enchanted by these Islands, which made this trip one of the most, talked about for its differences yet understood by its similarity to England's green and pleasant lands.
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