February 17th Ajahn Anuttalo and I start a journey around the South Island. On March 4th he returned to Bodhinyanarama & Venerable Javano joined me. We returned on the 22nd March. Here are 5 day blocks of our travels.
17-21 Picton to Ashburton              Text
22-26 Ashburton to Fox Glacier.     Text
27-3rd March Fox to Westport.      Text
4-8th Westport to Motueka.           Text
4-8th Motueka to Takaka.             Text

So many photos! Here are just a few that hopefully convey our experience of this amazing country.
man hole covers - works of art in iron [27]
Kamakura - the giant Buddha statue [14]
Kyoto - a wonderous ancient city [31]
Nikko - shogun's palace [27]
Tokyo - capital city [28]

and some Thailand stuff