A slice of heaven

With three weeks to spend in New Zealand I had visions of sedate lakeside afternoons writing things and sorting pictures with surely the sole aim of making anyone who should read it jealous. However, the problem – so to speak – with New Zealand is that there is barely time to linger and wile away hours on a laptop, because it is all there outdoors, around every corner, across every lake, up every mountain and down every crater. New Zealand, it would appear, is also becoming the new Australia, with endless warm sunny days which blessedly stretch on late into evening. There is no excuse, no reason to spend it on a laptop.

With two days left, in Lake Taupo and an hour of downtime while laundry dries, I have managed to write one paragraph, clumsily pieced together above. And that’s where I’ll probably leave it for now. What follows is written in Australia, on reflection and with incredible procrastination over photo selection. Take your time. Come back again. And hopefully you can get a sense of just how awesome, yes awesome, this country is...