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I-Mockery's Great New Zealand Road Trip! Alpine Crossing, Zorbing, Glow Worm Caves, Hobbiton Tours, and More!
by: -RoG-

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[Auckland] [Hobbiton Tour] [OGO Rotorua/ Zorbing] [Wai-O-Tapu Geothermal Wonderland]
[Glow Worm Caves] [The Tongariro Alpine Crossing] [Wellington, Weta Cave, & Airport]


This is probably what it looks like when Frosty the Snowman gets murdered.


Re checking out some more of the wonderland.


Wanna go for a dip?


Again, that's no pollution. It's all naturally occuring. MADNESS!


It's like a stream made of ghosts.


Even the pinecones get a little color.


Don't go looking for oysters in this pool, unless you wanna boil your body.


More crazy rock formations.


What's in the water?


It's like the flowing hairs of the dead.


Seriously incredible looking.


And all this time I thought Milk came from cows.


Re heads down the path towards another scenic body of water.


Nice little waterfall that empties into...


...this incredibly green lake.


Another view of the area from high up.


Extremely light blue water flows along green, yellow, and orange colored rocks.


More ridiculous colors in the trees.


Still can't get over all that steam or the colors.


This area dried up and created an amazing cracked rock formation.


And the water down below looked like pea soup.


Just look at those colors.


Seriously amazing. Thanks for overloading our eyeballs, Wai-O-Tapu!


Off we go to our next destination.


Random hillside scenery.


While driving along the highway, we spotted this area and decided to check it out too.


Turns out it was the Waikite Valley Thermal Pools.
Their Te Manaroa Spring is actually the largest single source of 100% pure boiling water in New Zealand.


We didn't take any more photos of it, but the water was super warm and felt great after walking around Wai-O-Tapu. Definitely glad we stopped by here. Next up, we head to the Glow Worm Caves!

There's still plenty more from the
New Zealand Road Trip to see!

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Reader Comments

Forum Virgin
Feb 27th, 2013, 03:52 PM
Hi RoG, These pictures are awesome! Was it expensive to go there? I have put visiting New Zealnd on my bucket-list before I die. Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

-Frickin' Awesome!
Forum Virgin
Feb 27th, 2013, 04:13 PM
Great vacation...Hobbit holes, glow worms, exploding volcanoes and everything! How long was the trip?
Comic Artist in Training
Feb 27th, 2013, 09:30 PM
I don't know if I'll see Dark Escape at the nearby Dave and Busters.

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!
Forgets Passwords Easily
Feb 28th, 2013, 12:19 AM
wow, what i would give to be on a volcano when it erupts! almost anything, aside from the gear it would take for me to get away from the volcano
Member
Feb 28th, 2013, 11:13 AM
Great article! Being in NZ just before The Hobbit released must have been surreal enough, but then to see all that other stuff, and an erupting volcano? You and Re must have some of the best luck in the world when it comes to vacations. I don't suppose you made a video of you seeing things in NZ by any chance?
Pickled Patriarch
Mar 1st, 2013, 09:37 PM
Rob Man - It was something we had been saving up to do. It's definitely not cheap, but the flights weren't too bad since we live on the West Coast 'n all.

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.
Forum Virgin
Apr 26th, 2013, 11:43 PM
I'm glad you posted this. It may have been life-changing to me, in a literal way. I only intended to take a short break when I read it and got sucked in for nearly an hour. It really makes me contemplate what kind of things I'd like to do in the long-run of my own life.

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