The New Zealand Journey

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Punakiki was a quite interesting place with dramatic rock formations, water spouts, lots of loafing seals, and (rumor has it) penguins in season. After checking out all that, we signed up to rent some kayaks to paddle, wade, and get dumped upstream in a nearby river - cruising downstream went much smoother. Then we headed down the coast through Hokitika, staying in a motel near Whataroa.
Pancake Rocks	Blowhole	Waterspout	Another waterspout	Punakiki Surf
Seamount	Tern	Lounging Male Seal	Nursing Female Seal	Rock Portrait
Kayaking near Punakiki	Our Kayak Team	Another Kayak Picture	Yours Truly	Green river
Next day, we headed over Haast Pass early in the morning for our all-day adventure on Fox Glacier. (Don't ask what happened to my cool new Canon SD450 in the rain.)
Hollyhocks	Interesting Flowers	Over Haast Pass	Lollipops (or a statement?)	Up the Glacier
The hike up	Still a way to go (no helicopter for us hardy souls)	Norma on the ice	Barbara on the ice	Ice Closeup
On to Te Anau and the Milford Track, by way of Queenstown, where we stopped to explore a few of the sites used in the Lord of the Rings movies.
Gumboots-Kiwi Men's Fashion Statement (guess they wear sox in the club?)	Queenstown from above	Hobbit Watching	Yak?	Goat eyes

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