Carla Jean
I love traveling and always wanted to see New Zealand. I decided after returning to school and completing my courses for a Geographic Information Systems Certificate, I would reward myself with a trip before pursuing work. Well, I'm back now and will begin posting my edited photos of this fantastic journey.carlaj
Travel Blog Posts
April 5th 2008
THE BEST MAP I FOUND BY USE THE SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLENZ. THEN SEARCH NEW ZEALAND INTERACTIVE MAP. THIS MAP CAN BE ZOOMED IN TO SHOW MORE LOCATIONS. MILFORD SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST COAST OF THE SOUTH ISLAND. POHUTU GEYSER IS IN ROTORUA ON THE NORTH ISLAND. WHAKAARI (WHITE ISLAND) IS NORTHEAST OF WHAKATANE. WHAKATANE IS ON THE NORTH ISLAND. THE BROTHERS (ARAPAWA ISLANDS) ARE LOCATED IN THE COOK STRAIT BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH ISLANDS. ... read more
NORTH ISLAND AND SOUTH ISLAND PIX
Published: April 4th 2008Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Milford Sound
April 4th 2008
THE WEATHER COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER THE DAY I WAS AT MILFORD SOUND. I WAS TOLD IF IT’S TOO WARM IT STIRS UP THE WINDS; I WAS FORTUNATE TO GET AN EXTREMELY CALM DAY. BETTER PHOTOS OF THIS LATER. POHUTU (THE GEYSER NAME) IS LOCATED IN THE WHAKAREWAREWA GEOTHERMAL VALLEY. THIS TOURIST SPOT (TE PUIA) IS MAORI OWNED AND OPERATED. HERE TRADITIONAL CARVING AND WEAVING IS TAUGHT AT THE NEW ZEALAND ARTS AND CRAFTS INSTITUTE. WHAKAARI IS ALSO KNOWN AS WHITE ISLAND, THE FIRST IS ITS ORIGINAL NAME, THE LATTER WAS CHOSEN BY CAPTAIN HOOK. OH, CHANGE THAT TO "COOK". THERE IS A MAORI LEGEND ABOUT THE BROTHERS ( ARAPAWA ISLANDS). YOU CAN DO A SEARCH ON THE INTERNET AND FIND THE MAORI STORY AS WELL AS SOME GREAT IMAGES INFORMATION FROM NOAA. ... read more
April 4th 2008
These entries are after I have returned home from my journey. My first pictures are the few I have of myself. Then I will begin posting my journey to New Zealand from start to finish.... read more
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