the kiwis

The First Not-At-All-Annual Kiwi Awards for Excellence in Travel

Best City: Christchurch

Best Scenery: Milford Road & Milford Sound

Best Scenery, urban: Queenstown

Best Accomodation: Hotel So

Best Dining Experience: Street food lunch from the vendors at the Christchurch Arts Centre market

Susan's vote: Fergburger, Queenstown. "A truly outstanding chicken sandwich, and just a fun place."

Best Shopping: Christchurch Arts Centre, on the weekend during the market

Best Beer: Speight's Gold Medal Ale ** (category by Susan entirely)

Best Dessert: Hazelnut & caramel tart, Strawberry Fare, Christchurch

honorable mention: Sticky date pudding, Strawberry

Fare, Christchurch

Best Dessert, packaged: Cadbury Coconut Rough (whoever throught to roast the coconut before putting it into the milk chocolate should be KNIGHTED)

Susan's vote: Caramel Tim Tams

Best Tourist Trap Attraction: Queenstown's Gondola and luge up top

honorable mention: Cadbury Factory Tour, Dunedin

Best Roadside Attraction: Moeraki boulders, Moeraki

honorable mention: The Chasm, Milford Road

Best Drive-by Town We Didn't Stop In: Oamaru, an adorable beach town that reminded us of Santa Cruz, along the Highway 1 on this side of the Pacific Ocean

Best Translation of Kiwi to American: Babyfoot Table (What they call a foosball table. Get it? Cause it's small soccer?)

honorable mention: Holeys (What they call Crocs, those horrible shoes. Hee!)

Item I would most like to transport home with me: Wine Tastes from Queenstown, where you can sample the wines at your leisure. I would be a regular, and bring ALL my friends.

Susan's vote: The alley of street food vendors from Christchurch Arts Centre, or a full array of Speight's readily available on tap.