>>Good for you... I haven't been to SA lately, but I still think of it as the country I would prefer to move to.
>>Was only recently shaken after hearing that in New Zealand you can ski on some volcanos...
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>Have you been to NZ? It is the most beautiful of the places I have been to. OK, Hawaii and the Big Sur coast of California are in the discussion, but among the places I have been it is amazing. And really terrific people.

No, not yet. Previously I had envisioned weather/possibilities more in the California range, with more nature,
but when skiing was told that they had at least 3 ski areas as well...