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PRECIOUS DESTINATION

HAVING GROWN UP in a cricket crazy country, the little that I knew of New Zealand was through cricket matches. The Kiwi cities in which India played against the home country looked beautiful on screen and I didn’t think much beyond that. However, a trip to the Pacific country in March introduced me to the contrasting wonders of its North and South Islands, and I came back with some unforgettable memories. Here’s a short account of my transformative journey through some of the most spectacular sceneries in the world.

THE JOURNEY BEGINS

An almost six-hour flight from Delhi took me to Singapore and thereon I boarded the Air New Zealand aircraft for Auckland. A sense of relaxation engulfed me the moment I set foot

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