beauty in New Zealand


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Dec 10, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

Milford Road is simply amazing. It takes you through rainforest and over a mountain pass, with huge chunks of granite towering over each side of you like solemn guards. The highest point is marked...

Tags for this Chapter: beauty cruise



Dec 11, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

From Kaka Point, on the east coast, I decided to shoot straight across to Fiordland, on the west coast. This meant driving through Gore - the country music capital of New Zealand. They make very...

Tags for this Chapter: mountains beauty



13. Travel Tip:

Day 5 - Auckland Again 5 stars

Dec 8, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter
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The trouble with Auckland is that you can't avoid it. It's at such a narrow part of the country that you have to drive through it when travelling from North to South. My advice is to drive through...

Tags for this Chapter: beauty



14. Travel Tip:

A Snapshot of Fading Light 5 stars

Nov 14, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

My eyes glided over the green-tinged mountains, lightly dusting them like snow. Bright blue sky wistfully gave way to long white clouds, magically morphing from one breeze-blown shape to another,...

Tags for this Travel Tip: lake beauty



15. Travel Tip:

Lake Mistletoe 5 stars

Nov 8, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

The Milford Road, which winds its way from Te Anau to Milford Sound, is possibly one of the best driving roads anywhere in the Universe. This stretch of tar and gravel in the heart of Fiordland in...

Tags for this Travel Tip: lakes reflections beauty



16. Travel Tip:

Lake Matheson 5 stars

Nov 2, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

There are places that, if they were chocolate, would just melt in your mouth. They give your senses such pleasure, such exotic mindblowing pleasure, that you almost wish that they WERE chocolate,...

Tags for this Travel Tip: lakes reflections beauty



17. Travel Tip:

Nokomai Station 5 stars

Oct 29, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

If you are looking for a hidden treasure, something you don't have to share with a billion other tourists, then look no further than Nokomai Station.
Situated near Queenstown in the South...


Tags for this Travel Tip: beauty tranquility helicopters hunting fishing



18. Travel Tip:

Lake Marian 5 stars

Sep 18, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

What I thought was a steam train slowly chugging towards me was actually an incredibly fat man running down the hill. His arms moved like pistons, and his face was so red that it looked as if...

Tags for this Travel Tip: beauty



19. Travel Tip:

Arthurs Pass 5 stars

Sep 11, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

The big green bird was trying to tell me something. Maybe it was like Lassie, and someone had fallen down a well. Or maybe it was an omen, warning me of something bad approaching. It was certainly...

Tags for this Travel Tip: beauty roads



20. Travel Tip:

Pancake Rocks 5 stars

Sep 11, 2007
Timsaunders
Globetrotter

I was in the middle of nowhere, yet I couldn't cross the road because of traffic. What was going on here? Everytime I tried to venture across the cold grey tar seal, I would almost get run down by...

Tags for this Travel Tip: beauty



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