My favorite television show, the Amazing Race, was on tonight and they visited New Zealand for this leg of the race.

As I watched the show intermittently while at work, which is all I really can watch it there, I thought back to the time I spent in this wonderful country just over a year ago now.

Next to Antarctica I would say that New Zealand was the best country I've ever visited. It was absolutely gorgeous, the people were friendly, and it was quite unlike anything I had ever seen...