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New Zealand’s South Island

April 1, 2018

Flight to Queenstown

Flying towards Queenstown

Latte at the airport

Charcoal bao buns

Eglinton Valley

Curious kea bird

Stirling Falls

Milford Sound

Lake Wakatipu

Glenorchy

Dock and bench in Glenorchy

Trees in Glenorchy

Cheese plate

Uncle Wilmer and Lola in Glenorchy

Welcome dinner settting

Spring baby vegetables, orange and rose olive oil, pea puree, qu

Seared tuna loin, ponzu dressing, avocado, sesame

Doing some work

Wedding venue

Welcome sign

Floral arrangement

Wedding chapel

View of Queenstown

Queenstown at night

Akaroa salmon gravlax, baby spinach and rocket salad, citrus cr

Eggplant, tomato and buffalo mozzarella gratin, glazed root vege

Table setting with candles

At Kaka Point

Kaka Point rock formations

Nugget Point lighthouse at sunrise

Nugget Point at sunrise

Purakaunui Falls

Matai Falls

Dunedin Chinese Garden

Japanese garden

Moeraki Boulders at sunrise

Alpenglow at Lake Tekapo

Milky Way over the Church of the Good Shepherd

Aoraki / Mount Cook and Lake Pukaki

On the way to Aoraki / Mount Cook along Lake Pukaki

40° salmon, dynamite aioli, grapefruit, pickled daikon, rye

Broccolini, labneh, crispy shallot-grapefruit za'atar

That Wanaka Tree

Air New Zealand

X-Ray Vision owl

Hobbit hole

Danny and Alice

Hobbit hole

Back in LAX

New Zealand Queenstown South Island wedding

←Chinese New Year at the Huntington

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