Straying from the Flock – Travels in New Zealand

Your Ticket to New Zealand.
<p>SECTION 1: The Far End of the Earth.</p>
<p>1. Travel without Reservations.</p>
<p>2. Across the Ocean from the South Pole.</p>
<p>SECTION 2: The South Island.</p>
<p>3. The Wrong Side of the Road.</p>
<p>4. Penguins, Pints and Pioneers.</p>
<p>5. A Hot Tub for Sea Lions.</p>
<p>6. Stern Scotch Presbyterians.</p>
<p>7. Ski Trails above the Clouds.</p>
<p>8. Extreme Sports.</p>
<p>9. Skid and Tow.</p>
<p>10. Paddling under the Glaciers.</p>
<p>11. Crampons and Crevasses.</p>
<p>12. Across the Southern Alps.</p>
<p>13. Heli–skiing? Heli–no!</p>
<p>14. Mountain Rescue.</p>
<p>15. The Country of Second Sons.</p>
<p>16. A Flying Shepherd.</p>
<p>17. Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience.</p>
<p>18. Bad Girls Guide to Wine.</p>
<p>19. Meeting Captain Cook.</p>
<p>20. Above Murderers Bay.</p>
<p>21. The Emperor of New Zealand.</p>
<p>22. The Cat across Cook Strait.</p>
<p>23. Once–in–2,000–Years Earthquake.</p>
<p>24. Sherry with a Painter.</p>
<p>SECTION 3: Australia.</p>
<p>25. Swim in an Anti–Shark Cage.</p>
<p>26. Parfume Downwind.</p>
<p>27. An Esky Party.</p>
<p>28. The Stolen Generation.</p>
<p>29. Directions for a Hanging.</p>
<p>30. I ll be Buggered.</p>
<p>31. The Best Brains of All Fish.</p>
<p>SECTION 4: The North Island.</p>
<p>32. Prawn Sambal from KL.</p>
<p>33. 81 Sheep an Hour.</p>
<p>34. Biblical High Tech.</p>
<p>35. The Maori and the Mongrel Mob.</p>
<p>36. A Knife for a Captain Cooker.</p>
<p>37. The Rules for Whale Encounters.</p>
<p>38. Fight or Be Cooked.</p>
<p>39. Between the Dolphins and the Gannets.</p>
<p>40. Thrown Out for Misconduct.</p>
<p>41. A Blue Electric Charge.</p>
<p>42. A Farmer and a Scholar.</p>
<p>43. Where the Queen of England Goes to Fish.</p>
<p>44. The Polynesian Spa.</p>
<p>45. How to Catch a Barracuda.</p>
<p>46. Stud Lambs Get Crotchety.</p>
<p>47. The City of Sails.</p>
<p>48. A Stack of Sheepskins.</p>
<p>49. A Tunnel through a Fishtank.</p>
<p>SECTION 5: Cook Islands / Goodbye New Zealand.</p>
<p>50. Writing in Rarotonga.</p>
<p>51. Goodbye New Zealand.</p>
<p>SECTION 6: The Practical Traveler.</p>
<p>Favorite Places.</p>
<p>Favorite Guides.</p>
<p>Background Reading.</p>
<p>Practical Books and Web Sites.</p>
<p>Bring with You.</p>
<p>Flying in the Front of the Plane.</p>
<p>Overcoming Jet Lag.</p>
<p>Recipes.</p>
<p>Acknowledgments.</p>