In late 2013 and early 2014 I spent 5 weeks in New Zealand, about 3 weeks of which were spent riding my bicycle down the West Coast of the South Island and camping/hiking along the way.
New Zealand Local Beers
View from the cockpit
Making friends with the local Kea’s (Fox Glacier)
Mount Hercules, the first mountain pass
Packed on the bike (Lake Paringa)
Bunking down after a big day (Lake Paringa)
The mountains crying after a big downpour south of Haast
South of Haast. Swiss Tomas with his full pack (including surfboard)
I was travelling light in comparison
Our Lady of the River (Jacobs River)
Haast Pass
Haast to Makarora
Makarora to Wanaka
Wanaka
Impromptu sidewalk maintenance session (Wanaka)
Swimming off the heat (Wanaka)
Queenstown
The approach to Queenstown
Rhythm and Vines at New Years (Gisborne)
Tearing up the Fruju Slide (Gisborne)
Not making friends at the Tui brewery
Christchurch quake aftermath
Creative social expression following the Christchurch earthquake
Packed and ready to head home
