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Published: December 26th 2008
We arrived into New Zealand and spent a couple of days in Christchurch from where we hired a campervan and began our Kiwi adventure.
Our route took in Lake Tekapo - Maori translation-'teka' meaning sleeping mat and 'po' meaning night. This was originally a rest stop enroute to Mt Cook and Otago but grew in importance in the 1940s for the generation of hydroelectric power. The lake has a distinct turquoise blue colour which is attributed to the refraction of light by the high 'rock flour' content. The 'rock flour' is ground up rock created by the movement of galciers towards the lake.
The pictures include the Church of the Good Shepard, perched on the lakeside and was built in 1935 as a memorial to the pioneers of the Mackenzie Country.
From here we drove to Mount Cook National Park. It was Captain J.L Stoke who while sailing down the West coast of New Zealand saw the mountain and decided to name it in honour of the English navigator Captain James Cook. Aoraki is the Maori name for Mount Cook.
The rest of the pictures in Part I include Wanaka Lake, Glenorchy where we took a tour
into Paradise a stunning and versatile landscape enough to act as movie backdrops for the Rockies, the European Alps and Middle Earth, then finally Doubtful Sound (really a Fiord as it was carved out by a glacier).
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Seza
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Wow!
Hey Guys, I am looking froward for the Photo exhibition of yours of the whole adventurous trip!!!! Wow!!!! Greaaaaat pix! Booos from San Francisco!!! ;-)