
Photostory NEW ZEALAND
"NORTH ISLAND 2001"
Auckland - Coromandel - Rotorua - Tongariro - Taranaki - Cape Reinga / February - March 2001
Across the land of volcanos -
beginning with the 60,000 years dormant sleeping Mount Eden above Auckland
New Zealand, February 2001
The World from another perspective
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Auckland's Sky Tower at night
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"Chatedral Cove" - Te Wanganui-A-Hei, Coromandel
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Kiwiland
Ta moko - traditional Maori tatoo
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The land of active volcanos, geysers,
thermal springs and lively "rumblers" of sulphuric mud
Active geothermal area with a picturesque name - "Craters of the moon"
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Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are - a talk with a roadside statue
A view of Tauranga from an extint volcano Mauao (Mount Maunganui), Bay of Plenty
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New morning
Natural carpet of white moss - trek in Tongariro National Park
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Emerald Lakes - out of thick fog
into an unexpectedly unveiled scene right before the planned return to the valley
100% Pure New Zealand - destination trademark which shows promise
(Another) trek into "The Land of The Long White Cloud" - this time above them
Mount Taranaki (Mt. Egmond), 2518 m a.s.l.
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Ascent on the volcanic formation
View of the other side- this time (again) of the clouds,
from Mt. Egmond - volcanic peninsula, surrounded on three sides by the sea
Sand Cakes?
White Cliffs, Taranaki - the walk along the beach must be carefully timed,
otherwise it might lose its charm because of the (too) high tide
A crossbreed between a snail and a soap bubble.?.
New living medium - with a meaningful "veggie" message (don't eat me)
Maori canoe (Waka), Northland Region
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Bay of Islands - 11278 miles to London,
a shortcut throught the Earth takes "only" 7833 miles
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Cape Reinga - the most nothern spot of New Zealand
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