New Zealand Pictures:

I journeyed on this trip EXACTLY 3 days after the September 11 attacks on the World Trace Center in New York, 2001. I was horribly saddened by the events and the trajedy of the lives taken, I decided not to let the people who performed this evil act hold back my desire to travel the world and gain as much wisdom therein as possible. So away I went. I hope you enjoy the pictures

I drove the following in 9 days.. it was QUITE a trip:

Flew into Christchurch the first morning...

Met a great guy named Andrew from the UK and drank ALL NIGHT!! I was up for 40 hours straight.

Christchurch town square
Memorial to Americans who lost thier lives on 9/11

Driving out of Christchurch I saw my first one-lane-bridge! :)

A New Zealand traffic jam. I loved the wait.

The small, winding streets of Barcelona. Infront of the Picasso Museum

The end of the 4 hr
Hike from the YHA

An exciting part of the trek
It was sooo windy

Another great view on the Mt Cook Trail

Monument to the climbers that died.

Another NZ Beautiful Mountain Lake

Some of the warning and danger signs you'll
see treking thru the passes.

Met some backpackers from Korea. One spoke enough
english to talk to me. Was a fun time walking with'em.

Headed over to one of the most fun places in South NZ.. QUEENSTOWN! I planed to only spend one day there.. then after drinking with great people the first night, I ended up spending 3 days there... what a time!

What I commonly saw on the drive
down to Queenstown..wow!

First of many good nights at POG MAHONES!

Ahh the fun of partying in a foreign town

How about a night on the LASH!?.

The hangover NZ breakfast :-)

Hike up the Queenstown mountain..
Hungover!

Heavenly view of queenstown half way up mtn.

A worthwile view after the hike up.
Queenstown from the top view.

Riding the LUGE!

A very beautiful and remote sheep farm

The Drive to Glenrachy

Another great shot on that drive back from Glenrachy

After spending a few days, and a ton of drinking, I was lucky enough to get to FLY to Milford Sound..woot!

A great overhead view of Glenrachy
the sheep farm is deadmiddle

An awesome view of the Southern Alps

Milford Sounds

Milford Sounds.

Beautiful Milford Sound Waterfall

Another great shot of the waterfall

The little plane that
took us to Milford Sounds

A beautiful lake in the Mtns.

After the best 3 days one could ask for, Orla and I roll out of Queenstown in my old rental with bad breaks and head out up the West coast of South Island to the Glaciers.

A great shot of the NZ Coast

A seal taking a nap

Our Trek thru heavy foilage
to a penguine beach

Orla on the beach
Unfortunately no penguins.

A nice Pic of Frans Joseph

Incredible Company at a
fundraiser in Frans Joseph

Hiking up the Glacier

A small cave in the glacier