new zealand photos

here are some photos from our recent trip to the south island of new zealand...


picking up our ride at the christchurch airport


lobster shack just off the highway north of kaikura


picking our lobsters


enjoying wine tasting and biking through marlborough wine country


about to sully the water at the villa maria winery


our view from our b+b in picton (gateway to the marlborough sounds)


chilling with a kiwi band called the eastern after a show in picton. the guy sounded a lot like amos lee


getting into the holiday spirit


kayaking in abel tasman nat'l park


nelson-having breakfast at the nicest b+b we stayed at. our host, a former restauranteur in toronto


picnicing near punakiki rocks


wine tasting at rippon vineyard, lake wanaka


best company name ever


overlooking a gorge near chard farm, the southernmost vineyard in the world


drinking nz pinot atop queenstown


routeburn track


doubtful sound


i guess kiwis don't flush their connies down the shitter?


leslie and some stupid penguin that almost got accidentally squashed 2 minutes earlier by some moron tourist, namely me


after a surf lesson at curio bay


kicking it at kaka point


christ walking on wat...uhhh, no. that's just mike on a morekai boulder


at annie's wine bar in christchurch with mike's aunt susie and uncle john who were there for the day as part of a cruise.