New Zealand is awesome, mate!

After more than 3 weeks driving about 5.000 km, I can almost sat that I have visited quite a lot of this natural paradise called New Zealand.

Starting from Auckland, the most modern city of the Country, with its impressive sky tower,

the magic old style barrios, the harbour full of big sailing boats, the big glass window buildings and the multi-cultural mix with a touch of Maori culture.

The Northland and Cape Reinga, with the conjunction of the Tasman Sea with the Pacific Ocean, an explosion of water and waves all together in just one peace of the outstanding view…

Rotorua and the geisers, natural pools of hot waters and gas that are constantly coming out from the ground creating strange sounds and clouds. Be aware and don’t touch the ground or you will get burned!!!

Wellington is called the windy-Welly.. And you will soon understand why… the wind blows constantly and this is one of the reasons why the sky is always so blue. It is worthy enough a ride on the typical red cable-car to reach the top of the hill and reaching the botanic garden from where there is a fantastic way back to the center just among fully colored flowers.

Than you can also experience a 3,5h ferry trip to cross the sea and to reach the South Island. The view is absolutely fantastic and the pictures are assured… it is like crossing a fiord-land... Impressive!

The South is colder than the North, but worth enough to see the magic views and surroundings.

Kaikoura, on the East Coast is a little fishing town from where there is a high chance to view the whales and the dolphins, but for sure you will see a lot of seals just chilling at the sun, in their natural habitat.

Nelson is the sunniest town of the Country, and really is like that. Just chilling out, having a walking tour of the center, having a wine tasting in one the famous wineries of the area and you will feel like flying!

Nothing better than experience a view at just 80m from a glacier, both in Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers, where the ice becomes blue and the lakes and little rivers get a color that seems like painted from a Pantone color….

Queenstown, the Cortina of NZ… a jewel surrounded by mountains and a fantastic blue lake, where it is possible to practice a lot of extreme activities like sky diving, bungy-jumping, paragliding, canyoning, jet boat… and whatever you wanna do! Or simply wear a pair of comfortable shoe and hike up the mountain in on the different walks around the town. The view is payless!!

After driving through the middle of the island and having a dream while viewing magic light blue lakes and rivers, finally you reach Christchurch… a surprisingly fabulous city which really has kept the English colonization style. The old tram rides slowly across the center, while the weekend market is a good place where to stop by and have something to eat, chilling in the green yard of the old Canterbury University, now intelligently transformed in a good art center where you can spend half a day just looking inside the different boots.

And what a night life! In an industrial reformed area, there is the best sport for night life called the Sol Plaza… very nice restaurants and bars and a lot of people just hanging around and enjoying the late hours.

…the trip is finished… it is time to say goodbye to my friends. After 3 weeks travelling together, 24h a day.. Drinking, eating, sightseeing, sleeping, walking, driving… but most of all after having a great time and laughing a lot!

It has been a great experience that I will never forget in my life! Thanks to all the people that I have met on my way, I have learned a lot from all of you!