We had a wonderful time here and learned a few things that may benefit future travelers.
1. Everything here is expensive. Plan to spend $100 to fill up a car, $15 a person to eat a cheap dinner, $30 each for a nice one. Most things are 25% to 50% more than the states.
2. Hertz was perfect. We were able to rent with points. The car was clean and new. everything worked; typical of Hertz.
3. The land is the most beautiful I've seen in the world. Alaska the possible tie.
4. Come when you are young. The tendency is toward adventure sports. White water, Bungee Jumping, parachuting, etc. I'm over the hill for half of what the country offers.
5. The airport Vodafone booth will sell you a SIM card for your smart phone that makes it a great GPS and finder of all things Google. I think it was the best deal we made at $39 NZ for 2 GB of Data, 200 minutes of talking, (international even), lots of text messages, etc. In six days of heavy map use, blogging and email, we only used 30% of the data we bought.
6. If you want some adventure... consider a bungee jump from this bridge.
To be continued in Fiji.
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