FRIEND OR FOE FRIDAY!

                Happy Good Friday to all Christians out there.  Here are some more faces from my trip.  Can you guess which ones are Friends and which ones are Foes?  Some can be tricky!

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1) FOE!  Ok, I get it Kiwi men.  You dig the ‘unkept’ look!  You make it work for you.  Somehow you’ve convinced women to expect no more from you.  But this guy has no respect for himself if he’s requesting a haircut like this.  I took this picture on the sly before boarding the boat to Doubtful Sound.

2) FRIENDS!  These two Beglian best friends were on the Doubtful Sound overnight cruise.  We didn’t really get to know each other until the end of the trip but they are responsible for making me laugh really hard.  When you’re on your own, you just sort of giggle to yourself but I gave a belly laugh over poor Kriftof’s unfortunate run off the bungee platform.  I felt terrible just laughing in this guy’s face so whole-heartedly but the video was too funny.  He took a running start and jumped before he was supposed to and almost hit his knee on the platform.  It basically looked like a person who didn’t know the ledge would end.  It was great getting to know both of these guys!

   

3) FRIEND!  This is my Russian roadtripping friend, Maria!  She is from NYC and quit her job 9 months ago to travel so she’s been quite busy.  We teamed at the glowworm caves of Te Anau and have been roadtripping since.  She’s smart, successful, independent and caring.  Gentleman callers get in line. 

4) FOES!   These four were actually part of a larger Chinese family of about twenty.  They were incredibly loud and obnoxious the entire boat trip in Doubtful Sound.  They showed complete disregard for anyone else that sought serenity in the Sound.

5) FRIEND!  This Austrian young lady was so, so nice on the overnight cruise.  She was so kind and friendly toward me when no one else was and didn’t even comment on the immense amount of food I ate during dinner and dessert.  I’ll definitely see her again when I visit Austria in August!

6) FOE!  This cardboard park ranger prevented us from going any closer to the Fox glacier.  All I wanted was just a little taste of water dripping from a real glacier like in The Waterboy.  It’s coo-coo-cooler!



7) FRIEND!  Any man that brings you safely down from 16,500 feet is definitely a friend.  Scruffy was my instructor when skydiving near Abel Tasman National Park a few days ago!  He was super cool and I am happy to have shared such a thrilling experience with him and his fashionable goatee.