The further south we rode, the more beautiful the scenery has become. According to our motorcycle atlas of New Zealand the road from Queenstown to Milford Sound was among the top rated. It got all the stars.

     New Zealand is very famous for its extreme sports. Almost every town has something that can give you an adrenaline rush. We’ve tried a few of those adventures. Take a look!

     The more we travelled around New Zealand the more excited we were about trying new things. This time we decided to go on a scenic trip above Wanaka in a helicopter, a so-called “heli-flight.”

     After a few weeks on the road and around 2000 km done, touring around New Zealand on motorcycles has become a pleasure. I’m now used to the bike enough to be able to start looking around. And the landscapes on the South Island are just beautiful. Well, it’s The Middle Earth after all.

     Before coming to New Zealand I have not even considered skydiving as an option. I thought that it’s reserved for those who need a lot of adrenaline in life. But after I’ve talked to other travelers who have done their first jump in New Zealand and I’ve read a bit more about it… Well, I simply changed my mind.

     We’ve been trying to fly a glider for years! As the best glider pilots are told to be those in Poland, we wanted to fly above the lands of our beautiful country. Yet, somehow we haven’t managed to synchronize the weather with our busy schedules back home. How excited we were when it turned out that we would be able to glide above New Zealand!

     First Polynesian people arrived in New Zealand in the 12^th century by crossing the Pacific Ocean in their wooden canoes. They were advanced sailors who navigated by observing stars, clouds, birds and waves. Maori people living today in this country are their descendents.

     The idea about travelling around New Zealand on motorcycles originated in our heads last year. We thought it would be adventurous and exciting to visit this country in such a way. So we signed up on a riding course in Warsaw, passed the driver’s license last October and now here we are in New Zealand with our first bikes ever ready for a long ride!

     During our travels we meet many new people. The great majority of them are nice, friendly, helpful, good to talk to and fun. In other words they are positive. However, the people in New Zealand are absolutely the most welcoming ones we’ve met so far in all our travels!

     Our arrival to New Zealand was not a smooth one. When we were checking-in at the airport in Tahiti it turned out that in order to board the plane flying to this country you need to show a ticket that you will fly out of it as well. We didn’t know that and… we had just a one-way ticket.