Okay, so the theme is "Book Safari", and "safari" comes from the Arabic word safar, which means "journey", "trip" or "tour"...
It's not specifically African. It's not specifically savannah, or semi-arid - or even specifically land-locked...
In it's purest definition, it is simply a "journey"...
So why do I have so much trouble accepting the circumnavigation of New Zealand as a safari?
What is it about the word "Safari" that makes me immediately disqualify the waters surrounding Aotearoa as a location for such a thing?
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