When: Feb-Mar 2000
How Long: 5 Weeks
Background: I went to New Zealand to literally get away from it all. I mean AWAY, it is about the most remote country on Earth. I quit Honda and explored both of the islands on a youth bus tour, called the Kiwi Express, that was like a rolling party.
Wearing wet suits for caving and rappelling at Waitomo Caves |
Group dinner near the hostel in Lake Taupo |
Me voluntarily jumping out of an airplane at 20,000 feet |
There is nothing like freefall.... |
Di, our Kiwi bus driver, and Matt and Jen, two Brits I met, before their sky dive |
Climbing the Franz Josef glacier on the South Island...for nine hours. Hardest damn thing I ever did. |
Taking a break mounting biking near Nelson on the South Island with Karin and Harm (Dutch), and Katrine (Danish)
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Matt fixing his tire while we mountain biked near Queenstown, South Island |