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Just like last year, me and my brother will be off to New Zealand. Kiwis are addictive.

I’m not going to write out the entire schedule like last time (hey, I’m lazy), but I’ll just describe what we’re going to do to ensure our probable demise.

We’ll leave next Sunday, July 26th. We’re relying on public transport during our entire trip, so public transport’s going to bring us to Frankfurt (Germany) where our plane is said to leave. We’re paying our eastern neighbors a visit because of our own stupid Dutch government, who thought it might be a great idea to tax flying from the Netherlands into the ultra-expensive do-not-want category. Anyway, we’ll stop at Singapore and Sidney for a breather before landing at Christchurch International Airport.

After a bit of sleep at the airport’s hotel we’ll catch a domestic flight to Queenstown. It should provide us with some amazing views over the southern alps. We won’t throw half-eaten carcasses down this time. Last time one sheep half got stuck in the engine, spraying kebab all over an area of twenty square kilometers. Local authorities were not amused.

In Queenstown we’re going to finish the job we started last year. We’ve done the Auckland bridge jump, but there are three more jumps in the Queenstown area to complete. It’s going to rule. After three days of bungy jumping we’ll take another shot at skydiving. Let’s just hope not another hurricane shows up to throw soot in our dinner (I love Dutch expressions).

After a nice long weekend of doing absolutely nothing, we’ve got a little expedition to Fox Glacier planned. We’ll try to get to the top of Mount Fox, which shouldn’t be that extremely hard. For the people who still think it’s dangerous, rest assured. I’ll bring bandages this time.

After this bit of physical exercise we’ll need another weekend off. Come on, it’s a holiday, we’re not going to work out all of a sudden.

To absolutely top this trip, we’ll take part in a nice five day cruise from Dusky to Doubtful sound. The boat has an engine of it’s own, so we can sit back and relax during the whole voyage. It’s going to be cool. There’s a chance we’ll meet some penguins and dolphins too. I’ll bring a plane manual for if I see three cute ‘n cuddly penguins.

The last activity we’ve got planned is a photography tour through the Glenorchy area. They say we can shoot some really nice pictures and animals out there.

After another few slow days we’ll head back to Christchurch, where the Aussies will fly us home again. We’ll be back in the Netherlands on August the 20th. 34 hours later. Ugh.