New ZealandFebruary 1999 |
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The cathedral of Chirstchurch. |
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No, this is not from Venize. A view in Central park of Chirstchurch. |
| From Christchurch I left west up to mountains by Transalpine train. A hilly landscape just before arriving Southern Alps. |
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Arthur's Pass. A small village which was born when a railroad tunnel throught the Southern Alps was built. This village is surrounded by Arthur's Pass National Park. |
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Arthur's Pass National Park has some great views. Also several rare birds can be spotted there like keas (Nestor notabilis), the mountain parrots. |
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A waterfall called The Devils Bunchbowl. Hard to say how high it is, but I guess that it is about 20+ meters high. |
| View from the top of the Avalance Peak (1833m). One could think that on the top of the mountain you are alone. Guess again. I was at the top about half hour and during that time approximately 10 people visite there! |  |
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Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki on the west coast of Southern Island and the shore of Tasmanian Sea. |
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Entering the Cook strait and the Southern Pasific Ocean opens in east. A ship trip from Picton to Wellington was a nice one. |
| Wellington, the capital of New Zealand by night. |
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| Wellington is a clean and modern city. A little bit too clean I think. |
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2797 m high Mt. Ruapehu, one of several active volcanos in the middle of the North Island. Mt. Ruapehu erupted in 1990's. |
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Lake Taupo. One of the biggest volcano crater on Earth. This erruption must be a huge one. |
| Waikato river near Taubo. Place was a paradice. There was a benji-jump place on the top of that white cliff. |
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Rotorua area is volcanically active with several volcanos and lots of hot springs even in the middle of the town. This sing was on the shore of Rotorua lake. |
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A geysir. This one erupted as a clock. Well, the guide put soap in the hole and that cause eruption. |
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A small hot spring in Waimangu termal valley. Maori people used this kind of hot springs for coking.Waimangu valley was formed when a nearby Mt. Tarawera volcano erupted violently in the end of 19th century. |
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The Inferno crater. Water is blue because copparsulfide. |
| Kiwi people and a strange sport at Rotorua. |
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City of Sails - Auckland, the biggest city of New Zealand and this is its airport. Unfortunately I didn't have money and time to be in Auckland. |
