We are home with no travel problems like we had on the way out. Liz and John kept our car while we were gone and gave us curb service when we returned, complete with a 'Take Away' (that is Kiwi for Takeout) Shepperd's pie, which I already ate, yummy. We covered a good part of the north island and only a small part of the south island, the two islands are very different, but both worth visiting. We drove about 3400 kilometers (about2100 miles) and trampped in both tropical rain forests and snow covered mountains. For those that care, gas in NZ is about $1.60 NZD/liter or about $3.65 USD/gal, most autos use diesel which is about $1/liter or about $2.30 USD/gal but there is milage tax you pay on diesels but it is still less than gasoline. Currently the NZD is worth about 0.6 USD, so it is a good time to travel to NZ, the people are extremely friendly and the country is easy to navigate. Overall we had a great trip and we hope you enjoyed the pictures, we only posted a few of the roughly 800 pictures we took. Work tomorrow...yikes. Fred and June
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