An Unbelievable Contrast...

Living in the small country of New Zealand I have experienced a certain amount of fascination as I have looked at these pictures...
Of the most crowded cities in the world.
I was born in New Zealand... With a current popuation of about 4.5 million... And have always lived here.
I have travelled in the UK, Ireland, Europe and The Carribean.
The only Asian country I have been to is Japan.
When we live and grow up in a certain place we become familiar with the culture of that place...
Including the culture of the personal space we feel comforable with. 
The comparison of these crowded cities...
Each with their own fascinations and cuture...
Is such a contrast to some of the places I have parked at
and spent time at recently.

This is where I am parked now... For the weekend.
It's a cool blustery day and hardly another person in sight.

 

This is Tauranga Bay... A most beautiful spot and good for fishing.
I spent a week here last summer...
A very popular spot... And by New Zealand standards...
Crowded with motor homes, caravans and tents in the summer.

 

The beach at Uretiti... part of it is a designated Naturist beach.
It's a great place and not far from the DoC camp where I park for weeks at a time...
Summer and winter

 

This is the Avon River in Christchurch...
Not far from the CBD...
But after the earthquakes there...
Again nobody about.

 

Traffic of a different kind...
A BlowKart racing along the beach at Ramp Road.