New Zealand

The North island of New Zealand or the Land of hobbits, geothermal smells, and sheep with better hair than me. If you’ve been dreaming of glowworms, hot springs, volcanic craters, and lakes so blue they look photoshopped, you’ve come to the right island. This place is wild. I picked up…

So You’ve Read About My North Island Escapades… Right? If not, pause. Rewind. Read it here. Absorb it. Then come back here. Okay, now that we’re all caught up and you’ve virtually followed me from Auckland’s city lights to Rotorua’s sulfur-scented geysers and Wellington’s hipster cafés, let’s talk about what…

Let me just say this upfront: New Zealand gets it. It knows it’s beautiful. It doesn’t need to shout about it. It just casually sits there with its snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes, endless hiking trails, and fields so green you’d think someone cranked up the saturation. I had high expectations…