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  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_title.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "My trip across the New Zealand";
  ktxt[i] = "Trip took place in February 1999 when I was returning from the South Pole expedition.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_02.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Christchurch";
  ktxt[i] = "The cathedral in the center of the town.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_05.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Christchurch";
  ktxt[i] = "A peacefull moment in the Central park.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_09.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Train trip";
  ktxt[i] = "From Christchurch I traveled toward west and mountains. A hilly landscape just before Southern Alps.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_14.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Arthur's Pass";
  ktxt[i] = "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.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_15.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Arthur's Pass National Park";
  ktxt[i] = "National Park has some great views. Also several rare birds can be spotted there like keas (Nestor notabilis), the mountain parrots.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_16.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "The Devils Bunchbowl, Arthur's Pass";
  ktxt[i] = "Hard to say how high it is, but I guess that it is about 20+ meters high.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_18.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Avalance Peak (1833m)";
  ktxt[i] = "View from the summit. 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!";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_24.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Pancake Rocks in Punakaiki";
  ktxt[i] = "On the west coast of Southern Island and the shore of Tasmanian Sea.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_30.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "The Cook strait";
  ktxt[i] = "Entering the Cook strait and the Southern Pasific Ocean opens on east. A ship trip from Picton to Wellington was a nice one.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_31.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Wellington";
  ktxt[i] = "The capital of New Zealand by night as seen from a ferry.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_34.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "High rises";
  ktxt[i] = "Wellington is a clean and modern city. A little bit too clean I think.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_37.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Mt. Ruapehu (2797 m)";
  ktxt[i] = "Mt. Ruapehu is one of several active volcanos in the middle of the North Island. Mt. Ruapehu erupted in 1990's.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_38.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Lake Taupo";
  ktxt[i] = "One of the biggest volcanic caldera on Earth. This erruption must be a huge one.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_40.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Waikato river";
  ktxt[i] = "Waikato river flows through Taupo. Place was a paradice. There was a benji-jump place on the top of that white cliff.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_41.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Rotorua";
  ktxt[i] = "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.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_42.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "A geysir";
  ktxt[i] = "This one erupted as a clock. Well, the guide put soap in the hole and that cause eruption.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_44.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "A hot spring";
  ktxt[i] = "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.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_45.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "The Inferno crater";
  ktxt[i] = "Water is blue because copparsulfide.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_46.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "Outdoor bowling";
  ktxt[i] = "Kiwi people and a strange sport at Rotorua.";

  i=i+1; tied[i] = "nz/nz_48.jpg";
  otxt[i] = "City of Sails - Auckland";
  ktxt[i] = "The biggest city of New Zealand and this is its airport. Unfortunately I didn't have money and time to stay in Auckland.";