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Mont Ngauruhoe from Mont Tongariro (New Zealand)

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Looking back, I still can’t believe I had the chance to walk the Tongariro Crossing, know to be one of the most beautiful day walk in the world.

Yeah I know, it is in New Zealand, not every body will have a chance to go there. And even if the luck is on your side, you still need to hope for good weather, as winds usually are around 80 to 100 km/h.

Anyway, this is the view on Mount Ngauruhoe (which was featured in the LOTR movies as Mount Doom), shot from Mount Tongariro. Climbing Mount Ngauruhoe is not easy at all, and fairly dangerous, as at any time a rock may fall on your head leaving you a vegetative state forever, if it doesn’t kill you. It is all ashes and sand, and volcanic stone, so pretty unstable and requiring a lot of effort to progress. But the view must be quite awesome. Another time or life maybe…

Lets conclude on an interesting fact: this is one of the most active volcano of our era. I couldn’t do this walk two years ago, because the all track was damaged by an eruption (though shooting the eruption must be quite a lot of fun and fear all together).

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Fast delivery in Guangzhu (China)

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I haven’t spent much time in China, only 3 business trips for a total of 6 weeks, where 90% of it was spent in meeting room and hotel/restaurant. But I got a chance to walk around in Guangzhou, 3rd biggest city of China. And I got somehow amazed by the parcel delivery system (or lake of).

Above is my lucky capture. The camera wasn’t set properly, basically expecting a lot of light, and we were in a dark street during a dark day. This guy passed by, without any thinking I shot him, and, by relfex, I followed him and got this motion blur.

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New Plymouth Coastal Walkway (New Zealand)

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Another nice souvenir from New Zealand: New Plymouth. It was one stop required because of the beautiful hiking possible in the Egmont National Park (and the charismatic Mt Taranaki).

There’s a very pleasant walk on the coastal walkway, with the sound of the wave bashing against the shore.

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Lady Bowen’s Fall (New Zealand)

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I know, another photo of Milford Sound. I know, I’ve already bored the whole word about that place, which is something of a magical place for me.

But this one is Lady Bowen, in dramatic setting (which I haven’t cheat so much, only a simulated Fuji Velvia 100F Landscape film preset from VSCO).

By the way, this is the highest fall in the Southern hemisphere, for whatever it is worth. It one of the only too permanent falls of Milford Sounds also.

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Sharing a ride in Sawai Madhopur (India)

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On a 2 weeks trip in the north on India while in a city cold Sawai Madhopur in Rajastan, we were dinning, and looking down I saw all these SUVs passing by, carrying way more people that were designed to.

In India, and more likely in every country with similar economical issues, it is quite common to see vehicles overcrowded. Of course, given our approach on road safety, it seems very unreasonable to allow so many people on one car, but eventually, it become very obvious that for most of them, the price of oil and depreciating the SUV are the main issue at stake here.

So for those of you complaining about overcrowded (but desperately safe) public transport in whatever big sophisticated city you’re living in, keep that image in mind. It must not be that bad !

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sheeps of New Zealand

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Here’s a funny shot I took during my first trip to New Zealand. We were walking by the hills of Belmont Regional Park, my first peak in Kiwi’s spectacular landscape, and while crossing a lot of farmland, we were kinda scaring the shit out all sheeps we were meeting. These four ones were escaping and stopping looking back at us, to see if they are still out of arms ways. And they just aligned perfectly for a nice shot.

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The tag is misleading (France)

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Here’s a nice surprise among the portraits I shot during the New Year Eve party (the rest is kept private).

I just love the dark gaze, even if it might mean he would have had a greater time clubbing with yound fellow like him instead of bearing with old bones like us. But there’s always next year 🙂

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Seaguls on the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway (New Zealand)

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One last picture I wanted to share. I took it two days ago, while enjoy a late lunch on the New Plymouth Coastal Walkway. My lunch started to have all their attention, but the moment I took my camera, almost all of them flew away, leaving these three courageous ones as company.

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Champagne Pool in Wai-O-Tapu (New Zealand)

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Today, on the way to the Bay of Plenty (for what is going a waste of time and money, giving the bad weather forecasted), I stopped at Wai-O-Tapu, a park with thermal activity, in the most active volcanic area of the world (Mt Tongariro erupted a few weeks ago).

Here’s a photo of the amazing coulors and hell conditions these places usually offers.

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Mont Taranaki (New Zealand)

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Here’s Mt Taranaki, one bastard we couldn’t knock off (because of the bad weather condition for the summit climb). Instead we had a great walk of 20km, passing by some sections of the Pouakai Circuit. It was muddy, cold, windy and even rainy, but when the clouds cleared away from the summit, the view was just breath taking.

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