New Zealand

Should You Go Skydiving in Queenstown?

I knew I wanted to skydive in New Zealand, if I ever ended up doing it.

I wasn’t sure if I would take a Milford Sound tour until a few days before I ended up doing it.

I knew the answer to this question before I boarded a recent flight from Sydney to Auckland—and I hope you do too.

This post is not about Auckland sightseeing—it’s about what to do once you’ve had your fill of it.

Time changes people—and places; it usually improves them, even if it doesn’t fully heal.

Certainly, people like the Archduke had bigger things to worry about.

How could it have taken me so long find stillness in moments like these, when I have so many fewer left than I’ve already lived?

New Zealand is a satisfying destination, albeit one that’s imperfect in many of the ways I suspected it would be.