New Zealanders look like nice, quiet British folk
There's a nice write-up in the Washington Post, of NZ as a travel destination, The Best Place on Any Earth , by Steve Hendrix.
The drive across the South Island -- endless vistas, empty highways -- cements my growing impression that only isolation protects New Zealand from its own perfection. Drive an hour and you'll cross half a dozen fly-fishing streams, a few wineries, the odd town with smart cafes, witty theater and cable TV. They even speak a sort of English. If New Zealand could be towed a thousand miles closer to the Northern Hemisphere, 100 million people would live here.
