Le 08/02/12, 8:59
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I don´t know if there’s a paradise in the sky, but now I know for sure there is one on Earth. It’s only very very far away from home (actually that’s probably the furthest country from Europe).
Paradise is small and very easy to discover, but has a huge variety of climates and landcapes : wonderful beaches with esmerald water, volcanos, fjords, glaciers, perfect countryside and amazing rainforests...everything is a subtile palette of blue and green., and everything seems so pure and intouched.
To be in paradise you have to be pure as well, so you make a lot of sport (walking, biking, kayaking,swimming, bungyjumping...) and you stop smoking (they are really helpful with this ugly addiction since the paquet of cigarette cost 11€...).
In paradise you are here to enjoy the wildlife so you don’t loose time with your other ugly addiction (sex is an addiction?) : internet. Of course they are really helpful in that case too, since you have to pay for wi-fi everywhere, around 3,5€ an hour.
Paradise language is obviously universal, so you practice finally your english.
Paradise has a temperate climate but is an exotic country : here you can find hostels in boats or in former jailhouses, the cashier at the supermarket ask you if “you’re having a great day”, (you can´t help answering, “of course I have, I’m in Paradise”).
Food can be exotic as well, such as green shell mussels which taste like oyster, and of course the famous kiwifruit, actually they have 2, the green one, and the golden one without hair on the skin. They are both so sweet and soft that you can eat the skin as well (by the way, that is the real forbidden fruit, not the apple, because it indeed comes from Hell, euh China, and is not native from NZ).
Paradise is for everybody, there’s absolutely no racism in this perfectly multicultural society. Maoris are alcoolized and subsidized, asians works likes asians in asian businesses (restaurants, shops...), and there are even a few blacks, everybody love them because they are good at rugby.
In kiwi paradise there are no snakes...but there is another evil creature : the sandflies...theses tiny little vampires make mosquitoes look like pussies.
That probably means that even in paradise perfection doesn´t exist....so I decided stopping being a perfectionist, that doesn’t make sense.
Even in Paradise you can find more paradisiac places ! such as Milford sound or Abel Tasman Park...that’s indeed one of the things I’m learning in this trip...there is always something better, that just never stops ! So why not simply stop this absurd search and start enjoying what you already have.
In Paradise you can have the most exciting experiences of your life, such as swimming with dolphins, make the highest bungy jumping in the world, jetboating on a canyon, or driving on the left side of the road. And probably that driving is one of the best and cheapest stuff you can do here, landscapes are so varied and beautiful that you just wish to drive forever !
Talking about driving, after a few hours you get so confident that you drive at 70 instead of 50...so the guardian angels (yes the kiwi cops) stop you to prevent an accident. They are so kind that they call you by your first name and say you’re doing great when then put you a 120 NZ$ fine, and advise that you have a month to pay it, and that you better pay it if you want to go back one day in paradise ! ....conclusion, no matter where, a cop is a cop.
Finally you realize that something is missing , and you start feeling alone and thinking that being with your beloved ones is maybe the real paradise. And since you are a little broke as well...you have no choices but eating a lot of golden kiwi fruits and not paying the paradise 120$ fee) to get “the hell” out of here and go back to the purgatory reality.
Paradise is small and very easy to discover, but has a huge variety of climates and landcapes : wonderful beaches with esmerald water, volcanos, fjords, glaciers, perfect countryside and amazing rainforests...everything is a subtile palette of blue and green., and everything seems so pure and intouched.
To be in paradise you have to be pure as well, so you make a lot of sport (walking, biking, kayaking,swimming, bungyjumping...) and you stop smoking (they are really helpful with this ugly addiction since the paquet of cigarette cost 11€...).
In paradise you are here to enjoy the wildlife so you don’t loose time with your other ugly addiction (sex is an addiction?) : internet. Of course they are really helpful in that case too, since you have to pay for wi-fi everywhere, around 3,5€ an hour.
Paradise language is obviously universal, so you practice finally your english.
Paradise has a temperate climate but is an exotic country : here you can find hostels in boats or in former jailhouses, the cashier at the supermarket ask you if “you’re having a great day”, (you can´t help answering, “of course I have, I’m in Paradise”).
Food can be exotic as well, such as green shell mussels which taste like oyster, and of course the famous kiwifruit, actually they have 2, the green one, and the golden one without hair on the skin. They are both so sweet and soft that you can eat the skin as well (by the way, that is the real forbidden fruit, not the apple, because it indeed comes from Hell, euh China, and is not native from NZ).
Paradise is for everybody, there’s absolutely no racism in this perfectly multicultural society. Maoris are alcoolized and subsidized, asians works likes asians in asian businesses (restaurants, shops...), and there are even a few blacks, everybody love them because they are good at rugby.
In kiwi paradise there are no snakes...but there is another evil creature : the sandflies...theses tiny little vampires make mosquitoes look like pussies.
That probably means that even in paradise perfection doesn´t exist....so I decided stopping being a perfectionist, that doesn’t make sense.
Even in Paradise you can find more paradisiac places ! such as Milford sound or Abel Tasman Park...that’s indeed one of the things I’m learning in this trip...there is always something better, that just never stops ! So why not simply stop this absurd search and start enjoying what you already have.
In Paradise you can have the most exciting experiences of your life, such as swimming with dolphins, make the highest bungy jumping in the world, jetboating on a canyon, or driving on the left side of the road. And probably that driving is one of the best and cheapest stuff you can do here, landscapes are so varied and beautiful that you just wish to drive forever !
Talking about driving, after a few hours you get so confident that you drive at 70 instead of 50...so the guardian angels (yes the kiwi cops) stop you to prevent an accident. They are so kind that they call you by your first name and say you’re doing great when then put you a 120 NZ$ fine, and advise that you have a month to pay it, and that you better pay it if you want to go back one day in paradise ! ....conclusion, no matter where, a cop is a cop.
Finally you realize that something is missing , and you start feeling alone and thinking that being with your beloved ones is maybe the real paradise. And since you are a little broke as well...you have no choices but eating a lot of golden kiwi fruits and not paying the paradise 120$ fee) to get “the hell” out of here and go back to the purgatory reality.
