What Are Ten Idiot-ic Reasons You Can Use To Convince Your NBF To Visit New Zealand?

The Idiot was asked during a workout at the YMCA yesterday to list ten reasons that a friend could use to persuade her NBF to take a trip to New Zealand this month. Here are the photos he texted to her:

There are few people, lots of hiking paths and constant views of the ocean.

There are few people, lots of hiking paths and constant views of the ocean.

You can, like The Idiot's daughter Sonia, climb the Auckland Bridge and bungy jump off it.

You can, like The Idiot’s daughter Sonia, climb the Auckland Bridge and bungy jump off it.

You can compete in Le Jolie Jog trail run in the "French" oceanside town of Akaroa later this month.

You can compete in Le Jolie Jog trail run in the “French” oceanside town of Akaroa on February 28.

It's easy to eat fresh Greenshell mussels (aka green-lipped mussels or perna canaliculus) that are farmed and harvested only in New Zealand. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)

You can eat fresh Greenshell mussels that are farmed and harvested only in New Zealand.
(Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)

There's a fascinating oversized multimedia exhibit entitled "Gallipoli: The Scale Of Our War" at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington. The campaign in Turkey claimed the lives of 2,700 New Zealand soldiers during World War I.

You can explore a fascinating oversized multimedia exhibit entitled “Gallipoli: The Scale Of Our War” at the Te Papa Museum in Wellington. The campaign in Turkey claimed the lives of 2,700 New Zealand soldiers during World War I.

You can see the elusive kiwi.

You can see the elusive kiwi.

You can sleep at stylish, Eco-friendly Silostay.

You can sleep at stylish, Eco-friendly Silostay.

It's easy to visit vineyards and sample wines throughout the country.

You can visit vineyards and sample wines throughout the country.

It's fascinating to study the Māori history and culture. (Photo: Maribeth Rohman)

It’s fascinating to study the Māori history and culture.
(Photo: Maribeth Rohman)

There are 30 million sheep and 40 million possums. (Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)

You can count the 30 million sheep, 40 million possums and four million people.
(Photo: Sonia Stratte-McClure)

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Posted on February 16, 2016 by Joel in Featured, Follow The Idiot, Food, Idiotic Musings, PR, Travel

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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