Chilling With the Kiwis

On the South Island, a four-wheel-drive tour with Sam Neill (Sam's Off Road Tours, http://www.samsoffroadtours.com) across his sheep farm to see seals and penguins on the Otago Peninsula, jet-boating the Dart River and hiking to the base of the Franz Josef Glacier. On the North Island, cruising Coromandel Peninsula's curvy, mountainous roads in the rain, and driving to Paihia during a record rainfall that closed the main road and stranded us overnight with some really kind Kiwis.