The Night of the Arrival

I got to this beautiful little surfer town here in New Zealand today. First thing I did was walking into a store, opening a book about the town and seeing a picture of this building. Wow, this is a residential home.

Next thing, I ran into a girl I met on a camping ground two weeks ago. She knew about the building and showed me where it is. I photographed it with about 40 pictures to trace the movement of the stars. Each picture is a 30 second exposure.
Then sitting at the computer I thought I would turn it into something like a vintage Sci-Fi image. Goes right to the 'experiments' section.

Oh, if you ever come here: the town is called Raglan, and from all I have seen of the North Island of New Zealand, this is by far the nicest little town. Will stick around for another day and a full moon night.

Cape Reinga

One of the very first places I have visited here in New Zealand. Now I'm sorry I didn't spend more time there. I just thought it would look everywhere like this, snapped some random pictures and left. Now a week and many hours of driving later, I'm realizing it's very pretty everywhere, but Cape Reinga really stuck out. Maybe I'll drive back up there even though the weather is not gonna be as nice. Maybe. Or maybe not. The more I drive around here, the more indecisive I get.

The Chief

He asked, "Did you paint the van yourself?"
I said, "No I didn't."

I said, "I like your tattoo."
He said, "I'm a chief."

I said, "Oh, nice to meet you."
He grinned.

I asked, "Can I take your picture?"
He stuck out his tongue.

The New Zealand night sky and my camping van

After leaving Auckland I'm starting to enjoy the New Zealand part of my trip. This is my camping van somewhere far north on the northern island last night. This was the 2nd night out there in the nature. 12 more of those to come before returning to the city.