Category: New Zealand
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Mt. Cargill and the Organ pipes
were my goal for todays excursion. Because I did not want to bore you I decided to limit the pictures. To begin my hike I used public transport to get to the bottom of the mountain and later to get back into town. Yes public transport can be that good. The start is at a…
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Edinburgh …
that’s the English name for the town that used to be called Dhùn Èidinn by the gaelic speaking populace. So when the Church of Scottland funded a new colony the town got a propper gaelic name. Well the spelling might have suffered. But the architecture did not. So this city’s old buildings are clearly not…
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On to the south
After arriving in Queenstown most people stay there for a few nights to explore the capital of adrenalin. The only adrenalin I was interested in was to see if I could get back my hat. The one I left behind at Hotwater beach. And wonder over wonders the hostel had kept my Postbag and I…
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A puzzling trip to the gardens in Queenstown
Today was leaving time again. So off I went to Queenstown. The adrenaline city. Everybody stays here for a few days to do all kind of jumping. Be it bungy jumping, sky diving, canyon swings, mountainbiking, ziplining or in the house of horrors. The first stop is – no not Queenstown. That would be too…
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The freedom of flying and another mountain
Yesterday I decided to do something that actually involves somes adrenalin. So today I am going to take flying lesson. But I’m not only going to do a tame round over the lakes. – I’m going to learn some aerobatics. You know the stuff with loopings, rools, corkscrews, stall turns and all that stuff. I’m…
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Walk to Glendhu Bay
As I am running out of places to stay and still have a lot of time I decided to stay a little bit longer in Wanaka. One of the day tramps for a view up the mountains (Roys peak) was closed due to lambing I decided to do the tramp up to Glendhu bay. This…
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I doesn’t rain in southern New Zealand …
… man – it pours. It started in the night but it did not stop in the morning either. It was pouring water out of those clouds. Good thing that we where supposed to drive on anyway. Todays morning stop was supposed to be Lake Matheson. A nice clear lake where the biggest mountain of…
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Franz-Josef Glacier
The next morning we were treated to breakfast with pancakes and bacon. (To combat the hangover the previous evening and night had brought.) After all were well fed and had some rest it was time to go on to Franz-Josef where we where supposed to be able to go get a helicopter ride onto the…
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Night skies at Lake Mahinapua
I did not actually see the entrance to the costume party though. I had decided to take advantage of the secluded lake and take some pictures of the night sky. So I went back to the lake with tripod and camera. Going through the woods was spooky enough even though I was in the middle…
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To Greymouth and Lake Mahinapua
Greymouth’s claim to fame is that the train that crosses Arthurs pass coming from Christchurch ends here. So it is one of the places where you can start a tour with Kiwi Experience. The other thing that is important for us is that this place is home to three thriftshops. Why is that important –…