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April 6th 2007

Published: August 5th 2007

sorry everyone, Travelblog crashed reciently and lost the text information for this blog. Luckly the pictures were saved. Until we recover the text, you might have to just browse the pictures for now and guess at where we were and what we were doing. (the pictures are the good part anyway) ... Read Full Entry

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Buller bridge

That's my mom!

and she his supposed to be scared of heights, HA!

West coast vistas

from our drive down the west coast. Somewhere between westport and greymouth.

Pancake Rocks

At Punakaiki on the west coast.

Pancake rocks

Franz Josef Glacier

the glacier comes down almost to sea level, and is surrounded by temperate rainforest at the bottom.

Danger!

The sign says "EXTREME DANGER, ICE MAY COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME! DO NOT PROCEED!" Yeh, and that's us stepping right over the ropes

The Glacier's Snout

the start of a huge cave and river system that drains the glacier.

Ice Steps

the guides are specially trained to carve steps in the ice to make it easier to get around.

Glacier steps

we didn't have the nicest day, but it does rain 2 out of every 3 days here.

Us on the ice

Kea

The only parrot in the world that lives in an alpine environment. They say they have an IQ of a 4 year old child, or a fully grown 18 year old male australian

Kea 2

I was trying to capture the parrot, the glacier, and the rainforest all in one picture. It is an interesting mix of images.

Blue Ice

waterfalls in the glacial valley

Rainforest at the bottom

This is the temperate rainforest that the glacier enters.

Lake Hawea

just to the north and east of lake Wanaka. We were greeted with these views as we came over the hill in the car.

For all those people from Alpena

for those who don't know, I come from Alpena Michigan, which is on the 45th parallel north. So we really are on the opposite side of the world!

Kirsty and queenstown

Lake Wakatipu

with Walter peak and an america's cup boat

Mom and Dad on the TSS Earnslaw

Walter peak in the backgound

16th April 2007

Uncle Rick
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yeah yeah yeah
sandflies, freezing water, jellyfish, I don't know how you can stand living there. As I write, we are into Hour 12 of a Noreaster that has flooded half of NJ. ahem, So..the..visit..with..parents...went...well? Rob -- visited our alma mater last week on college tour. My outstanding impressions were the bowling machine is gone from Holley's and they serve sushi in the student center. keep blogging

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