My 3rd trip to the beautiful land of New Zealand South Island... first time was in 2000, then in 2005... every time filled with beautiful memories... this one was no exception...

Started off as a learning journey to Christchurch... but the magnitude 7.1 on the richter scale earthquake which shook Christchurch on 4 September turned our plans into bits...

But we had everything to be thankful for... we were lucky to be in Twizel, about 400 km away from Christchurch when the earthquake hit... and we made the best of our time in NZ, particularly around Mt Cook and Lake Tekapo...

And I'm thankful that I was with a group of fellow educators, who are now close friends, and we learnt so much more out of the whole trip... about NZ, about each other, and about ourselves...

Dedicating this gallery to all my friends who grew closer together after the trip...