Saturday, January 15, 2005
Friday, January 14, 2005
Rotura, New Zealand
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Ever wonder how to get a Zorb back to the top of the hill? A Zorb conveyor of course!
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I think that's me
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At the bottom
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Zorb conquest!
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Kiwi sign at the kiwi hatchery, the only place I saw a live kiwi
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Tehokowhitu -A-Tu native village built on a thermal area
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Kids playing
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More of the kids
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Old house
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Hot gyser
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More thermal vents
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Gyser
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Thermal stuff
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Hot pool
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Christian influence
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Close up
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Meeting house
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Thermal vents
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Thermal mud pools
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More thermal mud pools, in front of a mural
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large thermal area
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Geyser
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Us in front of the geyser
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Thermal lakes
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Blue Lake
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Mhairi
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Start of the traditional dinner and dance
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Cooking the food outside
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Traditional performance
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Audience participation. They picked Mhairi as one of the girls to go up on stage with them
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Then they picked me as one of the guys
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Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Tongario Northern Circuit: Tongario National Park, New Zealand
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Cows being herded up the road
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They think they own the place
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Moo
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Inside Look
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Cow
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In the road
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Car and cows
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Whakapappa Village
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Improvised steering wheel lock after the lock on the club broke
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Starting the hike
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Mt Ngauruhoe at the start. (We climb that eventually)
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Mt Ruapehu
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On the trail
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Us with Ruapehu
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Ruapehu (Thats where all the Mount Doom scenes from Lord of the Rings were filmed)
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More of Ngauruhoe
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On the trail, Mt Ngauruhoe
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Mhairi at the start, Mt Ngauruhoe
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Mhairi hiking
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Sunset at the campsite
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More sunset
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Sunset with a tent
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Mt Taranake with sunset
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Mangatepopo Hut
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Ngauruhoe Sunset
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Campsite sunset
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Mangatepop Valley
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Soda Springs
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waterfall somewhere
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Soda Springs
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Soda Springs, another candid shot ruined
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Mangatepop climb
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Mangatepopo Valley
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rocks
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Ngaurahoe Climb
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From the top
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Red Rim
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View from Ngaurahoe
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Blue Lake
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Me on Ngauruhoe
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Mhairi on Crater
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Mt Ruapehu from Mt Ngauruhoe
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Crater View
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Red Rim crater
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Ice in crater
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Me on crater
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Ngauruhoe crater
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inside crater
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More of crater
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More of crater
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In crater
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In crater
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Mhairi on Crater rim
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Lakes from crater
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Steam coming from inside volcanoe
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Ngauruhoe and us
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Blue lake
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View from summit
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Crater Panoramic
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Crater Panoramic with Mhairi
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random flowers
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Mt Ngauruhoe from Mt Tongariro
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Panoramic
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From Tongariro again
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From Mt Tonariro one more time
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Emerald Lakes
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Mhairi over Emerald Lakes
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The trail down
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Down to Emerald Lakes
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Lunch at Emerald Lake
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Lunch spot
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Emerald Lake
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Oturere Hut
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Oturere Valley falls
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Walking towards Ruapehu
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another random flower
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Waihohonu
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Waihohonu Valley
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Waihohonu lunch spot
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Mhhhh, bulk cereal.
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Mhairi hiking
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falls
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Mhairi at the stream
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Mhairi and the stream
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Old Waihohonu Hut
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Inside historic hut
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Old fireplace
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Mhairi at historic Waihohonu hut
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Lower Tama Lake
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Lower Tama Lake
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Taranaki Falls
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Behind the falls
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Behind falls again
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from Taranaki Falls
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Mhairi at Taranaki
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Driving later?? I really don't remember