The website Kentucky.com has featured an article about New Zealand – saying it has an unnatural share of beauty.
Here’s an excerpt:
AUCKLAND, New Zealand — It’s Sunday morning on New Zealand’s North Island, and I’ve just arrived after a 14-hour flight from Los Angeles. Unusually wired after the marathon flight, I go for a stroll around the bustling Viaduct Harbor.
Sails from an armada of boats billow in the gentle breeze; plump seagulls perch on pilings, and I get a whiff of the salty tang of the sea.
Later this afternoon, I’ve scheduled a bush and beach tour to the lush Waitekere Rainforest on the wild west coast, with its black-sand beaches, waterfalls and surfing waves rivaling Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, or Oahu’s North Shore in Hawaii. For now, however, I’m content to wander idly, no particular destination in mind — a perfect plan for a laid-back city like Auckland.
Dubbed the City of Sails because of its position on two beautiful harbors, Auckland, like Sydney; San Francisco; and Vancouver, British Columbia, is a happy marriage of land and sea.