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We
came to New Zealand true immigrant style. When we left for the
land of the "Long White Cloud" in 1994, we allowed our family of five just
two bags each. One was for clothes and one for everything else we
had that we wanted to bring to the "new land". We had no jobs, no relatives,
and knew no one. We left everything we had known in the US including a
large house overlooking San Francisco Bay, good paying jobs, cars, computers,
furniture, friends and family. For us, moving has been the best decision
we ever made. New Zealand is a small, unbelievably beautiful country
located in the South Pacific about three hours by plane southeast of Australia.
To look at the land and its topography, it has everything the US has ...
just in a miniature form. Great, sandy beaches. Rugged coastlines.
Green meadows. Smoking volcanoes. Flat plains. Large, clear
lakes and high snow-capped peaks. It also has a few surprises like
bubbling hot mud pools and icy glaciers that adjoin sub-tropical rainforests.
When I first sent postcards to my friend's back in the US, they thought
all the pictures had all been faked. Around each bend, over each
hill is one spectacular scene after another. Most tourists find New
Zealand a picture taking heaven - Escape
To New Zealand.
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