New Zealand: 21 articles + 576 fotos + (video + sketches to come)

Cape Reinga: 21.mai.2004

Ah le voila le bout de l ile. Il ne m a pas fallus beaucoup de temps pour y arriver. Traverser la pampa et les superbes paysages verts avec les moutons, boeuf et autre animaux fermiers.
90 mile beach: 22. june.2004
T here is two place I should never go, told me the guy who rent me the car. One of them is the ninety Mile Beach (wich is not 90 miles long...but whatever...its a long beach.).

Pahia: 23.june.2004
Did you say a hole in the rock ?

Waitomo Caves: 24.june 2004
Waitomo caves and the stalagtites. Abseil, getting dirty and wet, crawl into galleries and be stucked into holes...
Enter in the Luckie Strike Waitomo Caves..
Rotura: 25.june.2004
Mon premier est un vulgaire son, portant une odeur malvenue et malvue (dans certains pays),
Mon deuxieme est aussi deuxieme mais persone du singulier,
Mon troisieme est un quadrupede infecte de maladie (animal de ville principalement),
Mon tout peut se sentir avant meme de se voir.
Taupo - ou t as pas de pot?: 27.june.2004
Taupo ou t as pas de pot ? Ben nous quant on y est passe on avait pas de pot. Malheureusement l hivers ici c un jours beau un autre pas beau. Et pas beau c du genre pluie et nuage a l horizon. Pourtant s il y avait un truc que j avais souligne dans mon guide c etait bien le saut en parachute de 12 000 pieds en tandem avec Kermit Jr. Ca veut dire 45 secondes de chutte libre et ensuite une descente en parapente avec la fantastique vue sur le Lac Taupo. Kermit Jr. et moi ben on fait une croix dessus. Tant pis on auras peut etre plus de chance sur l ile du sud.
Marlborough sounds - Wellington > Picton: 29.mai.2004
Hey have a brief look in the nice Malborough Sounds. I quit Wellington (wich I didn t visit), yes this is part of my New Zealand trip. No town - No city in New Zealand .
Kaikoura: 30.june.2004
If you consider a journey with one of the bigest animal on the planet something exiting you should read that. If you re not the National Geagraphic type of reader, then you should probably buy some googles, a yellow duck and play in our bath.
Cape Foulwind: 02.july.2004
Just another Stop-over in direction to the Franz Josef Glacier.
Night stop in Hamner Springs: 02.july.2004
I m driving night from Kaikoura to the Franz Josef Glacier. But on the road I decide to stop to Hamner Springs. There I enjoy the hot pools at night under the moon light.
There are very few peoples. Good so..
St James Walk and the singing spirits: 02.july.2004
Like ever, I just stop when I want, when something is catching my attention. This time a strange vegetation.
I get in the dirty car park where a van like mine was just living the place. Take some warm clothes and go tramping
Pancake Rocks: 03.july.2004
Good name for a rock formation like that. For taking this photo I risked my life and my equipment. The wind was blowing and the waves jumped 20 m in the sky, to finaly land on me and few tourist. Probably the most difficult environment I ever took photos.
Okay have a quick look at this rocks formed in tausend of years with as a base the different layer of sedimentation.
[ Hey that was a quick article for once ! ]
Franz Josef Glacier: 04.july.2004
very brief article about the glacier and his destroyer. Mister Red.
Wanaka Mt Roy: 07.july.2004
Arrive le 5 juillet ici a Wanaka...Il fait beau, et au bord du lac je gratte toujours les meme accords...faudrait que je trouve des partitions ! :Bref le soleil se couche...Le lendemain toute la journee il pleut. Impossible de faire quoi que se soit...j en profite alors pour updater un peu le site. Le 07.07.2004. Temps magnifique...je me leve tot pas une minute a perdre...
Wanaka Skydiving 12000 ft - 09 july 2004
I open my eyes, wash with one handmove the water drops on the window, and look outside. Beautifull morning. The mountains beginn to glow with the morning light. The sky is empty of clouds, pure, like me !?*#$*?!
I take my breakfast with my nice panorama. Suddently an ID came: Skydiving ! I go to the reception of the campground and they phone for me. Believe me or not but a half hour later I m on the Aeroport.
Rees and Dart Valley...gollum ?: 10.july.2004
First thing to say is that to get there I should probably have taken a Jeep or any 4 x 4 car. But the Campervan did good job to.
I was crossing few section of water where the car could have stay for days if nobody will pass here. And believe me at this time of the year there are not so much people.
Trip from TeAnau to Kaka: 13.july.2004
There is not to much to say about this travel from Te Anau to Kaka.
TeAnau had a weather prevision that sounds so bad that I passed the Milford and doubtsounds: Rainy rainy rainy and cloudy. I so decided to just continue my trip and go back to the sea. So I did.
Nugget Point to Dunedin: 15.july.2004
No big story, just the road and some stop over in the East coast, but nice pictures.
Rangitata Valley: 18.july.2004
Canterbuty, one of new Zealand flattest region was once uppon a long long time part of the midle Earth. The fortress city of Edoras, home of the Theoden and the riders of Rohan of JRR. Tolk
Rangitata Valley: 18.july.2004
Back to the city, back to a bed without wheels, back to speaking with people, back to streets and cars, cinemas and bars, cafee and restaurants, shops and library. Civilisation.
And back to Australia..
Signs: old kind of signs it cruze during the trip on north and south island.
From New Zealand I now move to Australia.
 
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