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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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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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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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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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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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And for those of you who wonder how is the view from Mt Ruapehu, well here’s a glimpse from Iwikau Village.
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Yesterday was the worst day ever to be in Tongariro National Park. Clouds so high in the sky you can touch them when you stretch, a heavy rain shower every 2 minutes, and winds up to 80km/h, strong enough to make sure every pieces of clothe you were is wet, and that you won’t miss the chill ! How would I know that ? Well because I was the guy hiking the Tama lakes track that morning (17km).
So I head up to Lake Taupo (the biggest lake in NZ). The weather was just slightly better, but not to the point that you would need sunglasses. A thousand pictures been better than my word, here’s at least one that would translate the sadness of that Monday.
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On my way to the Tongariro National Park, I stopped to shot the Mt Ruapehu, which caught my attention the very moment it enter my field of view.
I tried it with my infrared filter (which I start to love more and more). The result would have had been more awesome without the clouds, but I still cannot control the elements and it’s not looking like I’m every going to be able to do so, given that my plans for the doing the Tongariro Alpine Crossing are now gone with the wind.
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Here’s a little treat for you: the Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe, two of the three iconic volcanos of the Tongariro National Park, the literally hottest place in NZ. It also happens to be one of the place used as the location of the Mordor (especially Mt Doom) in the Lord Of The Ring.
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Hawke’s Bay is not only known for been one the wine hotspot of New Zealand, or for been the sunniest and warmest place. No, there are also Art Deco buildings…
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