Wow. All this is so ruling. It also rules that you're taking the time to tell us about this in SUCH detail. ;) I want to go to New Zealand now and see all these cool things. I love travelling and seeing the cultural differences in places. It rules.

The luge on that mountain reminds me of a sled thing I had a chance to go on in Austria once. It had a little sled lift (i.e. no trudging up the hill) and everything. It was very fun.

Black swans rule, too.

Sosi"travel nut"qui

PS: Just thought I'd throw this in here - I'm going on a trip for a couple days, so I won't be in RinkChat or here on the forum until Wednesday. I will give a trip report when I return, although I can guarentee it won't come close to the rulingness of Sam's trip. ;) See you all then.