THE GOOD
- Full Service Gas Stations - Other people pumping your gas for you, and washing your windows! Why did the US stop having these?
- The Collective Dairy Yoghurt - It's not cheap, but it's the best yoghurt I've ever had, hands down. Especially the mango flavor!
- Trails/Tracks - There are endless places to hike and explore, and they are all well maintained.
- Energy Conservation - Even though every household has a dryer, everyone line dries their laundry. No need to use air conditioners, just roll your car windows down and open the doors/windows in your house.
- Meat Pies - The name says it all!
- Farmers Markets and Road Side Stalls - They are everywhere. I can stop and get unattended avacados on the side of the road and put my money in an "honesty box".
- Lamb - Yummy
- Pavlova - A delicious desert. You will not be disappointed.
- Unlocked iPhones - New Zealand is one of the only countries in the world that does not lock their phones. I can buy one here and use it anywhere.
- The Fishing - World Class
And the not so great
- Road Work - It occurs often here. The roads are only two lanes to begin with, so one way traffic is common.
- Shopping - It's very limited, especially in the rural north.
- Cost of beer/liquor - A 12 pack will run you about $25. Liquor is about triple the price from the states. Wine; now that's affordable.
- Internet Data - I don't even know what a megabyte or gigabyte will get me, but they charge for each one here!
- Mountain Roads - They are swirly, twirly, and whirly. Barf!
- Allergies - Lots of gorgeous landscape means lots of pollen.
- Media - It's about 3 months behind.
- Medicine - It's expensive and the selection sucks! No Tylenol PM here. No Alavert. No huge "Sam's" or "Costco" size bottles. You can get some things over the counter that would be prescription in the states though.
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