New Zealand

Just five nights, not too far from Auckland. This was meant to give us a taste of New Zealand, and a bit of green after supposedly dry Australia. But, after all, Australia was much greener than we thought, at least the parts we visited (i.e. New South Wales and Southern Queensland). Thus, the contrast was less stark than we had expected. And while we enjoyed culinary delights, five days was probably not the ideal duration for the stay. Too Long for a stop-over, and too short to turn NZ into a destination on its own right on our long journey.