Southern Alps
First view of New Zealand!
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Antarctic Center
Here's how I stack up next to penguins - look at the enormous emperor...
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Antarctic Center
Daniel dressed as an explorer
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Antarctic Center
Inside the igloo in the blizzard room. It got to 15 degrees below zero in there!
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The Worchester
Our sitting room inside our Christchurch B&B
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The Worchester
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The Worchester
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Christchurch Art's Museum
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Christchurch
Worchester Blvd, one of the main roads of Christchurch, looking towards the...
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Christchurch Cathedral
A beautiful church with a terrifying tower that we climbed
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Christchurch Cathedral
Inside the sanctuary
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Punting on the Avon
Riding in the Venice-like boats through Christchurch
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Punting on the Avon
The old municipal building
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Punting on the Avon
A look at one of the passing boats
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Art's Centre
The amazing art's center on Worchester Blvd
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Botanical Gardens
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Botanical Gardens
They have dogwoods too!
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Botanical Gardens
The entrance to the spectacular rose gardens
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Botanical Gardens
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Botanical Gardens
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Botanical Gardens
I love this picture
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Botanical Gardens
The greenhouse, filled with tropical plants
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Botanical Gardens
For Amanda - the perfectly penis shaped cacti
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Narnia Tour
A shot from the movie, of the lamppost
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Narnia Tour
And the place where they filmed it, on a private farm near Christchurch
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Narnia Tour
Me hiding behind the same tree as Lucy and Susan
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Southern Alps
This time from the ground
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Beautiful lake
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Narnia Tour
The village where the cast and crew stayed during filming, with lupin flowers...
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Narnia Tour
The shot from the movie...
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Narnia Tour
...and the real location
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Narnia Tour
Peter being studly...
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Narnia Tour
...and the real spot, part of a sheep farm
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Narnia Tour
Daniel hefting one of the fake rocks
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Narnia Tour
Being the Star Wars kid, only with the sword from the movie
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Narnia Tour
The battlefield!
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Narnia Tour
For Narnia, and Aslan!
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Narnia Tour
Daniel stabbing me
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Christchurch Gondola
From the top of the gondola - look at that water!
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Christchurch Gondola
The city, as seen from the mountains
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Christchurch Gondola
The Pacific Ocean!
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Christchurch Gondola
The distance from the gondola to all the cities of the world
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Christchurch Gondola
Daniel at the hobbit-sized gondola building
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Art's Centre
Entrance to the main courtyard
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Art's Centre
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Art's Centre
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Art's Centre
Backstage, home of the best pizza in Christchurch. We could hear the...
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Edoras Tour
On our way to see Rohan
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Edoras Tour
Inside the Land Rover with Glen, our driver
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Edoras Tour
Some of the spectacular NZ mountains
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Edoras Tour
Glen briefing us in the hurricane-level winds
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Edoras Tour
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Edoras Tour
The hill where the built Edoras, the main city of Rohan for Lord of the Rings
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Edoras Tour
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Edoras Tour
Cloe, making faces as her dad takes pictures. She and her brother Eli...
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Edoras Tour
The view of Rohan, but you have to imagine the 70 kmph winds!
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Edoras Tour
Standing where the Golden Hall once did
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Edoras Tour
Daniel with Gimli's axe
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Christchurch
The Bridge of Remembrance
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Twizel
One of the lakes around the town - this picture doesn't show how...
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Twizel
Another lake shot
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Pelinor Fields Tour
Standing where they filmed the huge battle in Return of the King
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Pelinor Fields Tour
The hill where the Rohan army rode over
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Pelinor Fields Tour
Daniel killing the Witch King
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Pelinor Fields Tour
What killed this wallaby? Was it orcs? The evil eye of Sauron? We may never know
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Barriman's
Entrance to the only hobbit style hotel in the world
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Barriman's
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Barriman's
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Barriman's
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Puzzleworld
In the optical illusion room - I looked very small, Daniel looked very big
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Puzzleworld
The tilted room! This place will make your head spin!
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Puzzleworld
Daniel is actually falling down!
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Puzzleworld
Guess how excited I was when I saw they had a Labyrinth?
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Puzzleworld
Through dangers untold, and hardships unnumbered...despair begins to set in
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Puzzleworld
We solved the Labyrinth!
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Puzzleworld
The Roman bathhouse - always a fine choice
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Middle Earth Tour
Gandalf riding during the 'Fellowship'...
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Middle Earth Tour
...and in Deer Park Heights, with the mountain range named the Remarkables in...
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Middle Earth Tour
Looking out at Helm's Deep...
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Middle Earth Tour
...and us in Eowyn's place
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Middle Earth Tour
A red sun rises in the east...blood has been spilt this night
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Middle Earth Tour
The mountainside Legolas charged down
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Middle Earth Tour
Legolas being a lookout...
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Middle Earth Tour
...and me on the same mountain. They flipped the image so that the bad guys...
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Middle Earth Tour
Our tour got goofy, and we all decided to reinact the scene after...
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Middle Earth Tour
A view of the lake surrounding Queenstown
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Middle Earth Tour
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Middle Earth Tour
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Middle Earth Tour
The assasins and oliphaunts
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Middle Earth Tour
And the campsite where they filmed it all
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Middle Earth Tour
Lying where Sam and Frodo once were!
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Middle Earth Tour
Wearing Gimli's helmet
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Middle Earth Tour
Dressed in one of the original hobbit cloak, carrying Sting, and it...
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Middle Earth Tour
The river where they filmed the Argonath - the giant king statues in...
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Glacier lakes
My first step into the glacier water - it was probably 15 degrees
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Glacier lakes
Earning respect from the locals
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