Originally Posted by aceboy44

I did not like my experiences with my visits to Turkey and France (lack of English communications.)

I was told that people in Japan do not speak English, so why even bother, despite me speaking few Japanese words? I pay money to enjoy my vacations...... not suffer from it.

I don't believe traveling 30 hours for one-way (60 hours round-trip) is worth the time and expense solely to enjoy nature...... I enjoyed the nature in Srilanka, Malaysia, and Hong Kong, so to travel all the way to New Zealand (and get isolated from the world) just to enjoy nature is pure nonsense to me.

Regarding tour guides, I'm a Muslim (I don't want to visit Buddhas, temples, churches, consume non-halal food, etc.) In addition, I'm not the type of person who enjoys visiting museums so I don't think that me and the tour group will get along.... My objectives are different than the tour group objectives (I'm not talking about New Zealand, I'm talking about traveling around the world in general.)