Road to Wellington
9. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
A little hard to tell but there's a nice rainbow across the mountains just to the left of center.
Rivendell
9. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Finally made it to Rivendell! I wish I had more time to explore the park that it's in, Kaitoke. The whole area is gorgeous. The set itself is pretty small and there's also nothing left of it. ThatLue lisää
Wellington Interislander Ferry
10. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Thanks to a ridiculous traffic jam nearly all the way from my hotel to the ferry terminal, I really thought I was going to miss the ship. Not real sure if my voucher would have carried over to a laterLue lisää
Wellington Interislander Ferry
10. lokakuuta 2016, Tasman Sea ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Calm sea but windy and cold on deck. The south island is certainly impressive looking!
Picton
10. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Made it to port!
"Shortcut" to Nelson
10. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
The ol' GPS has some peculiar ideas about the meaning of shortcut (gravel rather than paved, really?), but it does lend itself nicely to lovely lunch spots.
Pelorus Bridge
10. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Nice little stop off on the way to Nelson. Also a good picture of a silver fern which is the national symbol of NZ. It plays heavily in Maori traditions and is used in a number of ways across theLue lisää
The Vic Mac's Brewbar
10. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Had an early night with no plans so thought I'd try eating out for the first time. In case there's any question as to whether I'm in the US or not I can just listen to the crowd of guys yelling at theLue lisää
Abel Tasman
11. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
Wasn't quite sure what a "Cruise and Walk" was going to involve. Turns out it's a boat trip up the coast and, in my case, a drop off on the beach and 9.6 km up and down mountains back to another beachLue lisää
Franz Josef Glacier
12. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
There's a man in the first picture for scale, although the rock pile he's on cuts half the view off. The glacier used to fill the entire valley. The rocks as far out as where I'm standing in theLue lisää
Fox Glacier
13. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 6 °C
Unfortunately there was no spot in the valley where we could see the top and bottom at the same time, although the bottom was mostly covered by dirt and rocks anyway. Also the same valley that doomedLue lisää
Knights Point
13. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Lovely lookout...and the last photo in the life of my ill-fated camera.
Gates of Haast
13. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Tourists for scale.
Lake Wanaka
13. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
We raced down the coastline ahead of a storm hoping for a good photo op, but still ended up with only a half-clear view.
Fun fact: If you Google New Zealand, that "lone tree on the lake" pictureLue lisää
Lake Hawea
13. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Lake Wanaka's next-door neighbor. I had heard of Wanaka long before coming to New Zealand but never of Hawea. A sad failing on the part of the tourism industry in my opinion.
Queenstown
14. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
A fun Lord of the Rings-themed trek around the Queenstown area with some bonus knowledge gained about the area's gold rush in the 1800s. The 4th photo is of Skipper's Canyon, which the miners had toLue lisää
Glenorchy & the Road to Paradise
14. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The Queenstown area seems to have won the lottery on number of impressive mountains.
Paradise
14. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
The filming location for all kinds of stuff, but most famously Lothlorien in LOTR and most of the landscape scenes in Prince Caspian.
Fiordland National Park
15. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Including Mirror Lakes, Mt. Christina, and the Homer Tunnel.
The Chasm
15. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
The photos don't do it justice. I can also finally attest to all the stories about wild keas being rambunctious little troublemakers. I returned to the parking lot to find this guy tearing up rubberLue lisää
Milford Sound
15. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Probably the most recognized site in New Zealand. And penguins! (lower right; three of them standing on the rocks)
Milford Sound pt. 2
15. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Curio Bay
16. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
A bit hard to tell at first but the lumpy beach is actually the remains of a petrified forest.
Niagara Falls
16. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Apparently the surveyor had a sense of humor... (it's that little lump above the sign)
Purakaunui Falls
16. lokakuuta 2016, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C
Supposedly the most photographed waterfall in the whole country.