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March 2nd 2006
Published: May 12th 2006
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New Zealand must be beautiful. That's what everybody says. So the level of expectation was pretty high. So when we drove around and just saw green hills and the road in front of us we thought maybe it's not true, maybe they all overstate a bit. But we found them. The places more beautiful than you can imagine.
And the first one was some remote bay near the bay of islands. The water was clear and turquise, big rays and sharks could be spotted from the cliffs as huge shadows sliding through the bay. Knobby trees arched their branches over the rocks and the sand of the small coves.
We were alone and set up our tent on top of a cliff looking over the bay. The rest of the day we could just marvel...


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The Coconut CosairThe Coconut Cosair
The Coconut Cosair

Proudly presenting the treasure in front of his cave.
Beach BirdBeach Bird
Beach Bird

The beach showed some animal marks but the only animals outside the water we saw were birds and...
A Dead PeguinA Dead Peguin
A Dead Peguin

A small one, it could have been just sleeping.
Blue BerriesBlue Berries
Blue Berries

But not blueberries.
The Tree AgainThe Tree Again
The Tree Again

I just liked how its branches arche over the wonderful water.


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