by: -RoG-
...CONTINUED
[Auckland]
[Hobbiton Tour]
[OGO Rotorua/ Zorbing] [Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland]
[Glow Worm Caves]
[The Tongariro Alpine Crossing]
[Wellington, Weta Cave, & Airport]
Amazing colors along the mountain side of the Red Crater, but you really gotta watch your step on that ice in some spots.
Upward and onward!
Some other hikers offered to take our photo together and who were we to turn them down?
Don't slip, cuz it's a long, painful way down.
It does look fun though.
Lakes off in the distance.
Simply cannot get over
I love this one cuz it looks so Photoshopped.
I see red.
I see blue.
One of my favorite photos of Re from the entire trip. This whole area is absolutely beautiful.
The Emerald Lakes.
Strike a pose.
I'm sure I was thinking something very deep here. Yep.
Her pigtails are excited about the colors too.
The lake is Tapu (sacred).
The path down to the lake.
And here's the water close up.
Another shot of the colorful water.
Apparently, the colors of the lakes are caused by minerals being leached from nearby rocks. Neat.
Yeah, I could just sit here all day...
...seriously.
Re checks out some more impressive views.
The mountain lets off some steam.
The helicopter dropped somebody off halfway through the hike. Cheater.
This way!
Looks like solid footing to me.
Keep moving.
I know it looks really cold, but after doing so much hiking, it really wasn't that bad.
A lone flower still manages to bloom under harsh conditions.
The Stonehenge of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing... or... some hikers really wanted to play Jenga.
Conditions look clear to me.
An active volcanic hazard zone? What could possibly go wrong?
There's still plenty more from the
New Zealand Road Trip to see!
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Reader Comments
-Frickin' Awesome!
Burger Rings?
That really is some great scenery for the Shire. Great sets too.
That is a big metal sheep.
Plenty of sheep indeed.
Is that ash all over those woods?
Seriously, that reddish shore looks like something on Mars. Are all those other things in Wonderland rendered in Technicolor too?
Plenty of sheep indeed.
Look at all those glowing worms.
Look at that mushroom cloud! And look at that smoke!
More sheep.
"It was beauty who killed the beast."
I understand Christopher Tolkien has been displeased with the movies. He should get a load of that burlesque show!
ForgottenInvader - We were there about a week and a half.
A-bomb - Hehe, yeah we really do have some incredible luck when it comes to traveling and vacations. Couldn't believe the volcano eruption... I mean, what are the odds!? As for a video of us seeing things in NZ... nah. We shot some footage of the volcano 'n all, but the rest of the video stuff was just us driving in the car and looking at all the scenery. I'll go through it again sometime, but I think the photos tell the story of our New Zealand road trip adventure much better.