Last Moments in New Zealand

 

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Rugby in NZ
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Super 18 Rugby Game – Chiefs vs. Force (Perth) played in Hamilton
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Mordor! – The Tongariro Circuit
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Mt. Doom is actually Mt. Ngauruhoe – last erupted in 1975
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Tongariro Circuit
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On the Tongariro Circuit
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Lava rock
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Sulphur Steam
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Along the Tongariro Crossing
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From the top of the Tongariro Crossing – it was cold and windy
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Sunset on the Tongariro Circuit closing in on the end.
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End of the circuit after dark – phew, made it!
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Fall settling in – on the way to Auckland
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Beach in Devonport a few miles from downtown Auckland
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Auckland in the distance from the top of Mt. Victoria (a volcano) – lots of volcanos in Auckland
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After 17 and a half hours in the air, back to winter? Snow in Massachusetts on April 2nd!
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Cold! Darge and Kaiser – a walk along the river in Groveland, MA