Pristine motorhome (Christchurch) |
Trundling along on the snowmobile |
Morning snow on Mt Hutt |
Looking upstream at Rakaia Gorge |
Christchurch taxis |
The Boatshed (20 years on) |
Some motorhomes were bigger than ours |
Peel Forest, on Rangitata River (and 90 cent ice creams!) |
Alexei's night-time resting place |
Meet the parents |
The Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Tekapo) |
The morning 'sun' over Mt Cook |
A very classy breakfast at the Hermitage |
Anna's Titanic style (Tasman Glacier icebergs) |
Going 'ashore' onto the iceberg |
Alexei on ice |
Pip and Anna fashion shoot |
Bungee jumping at over $100 a pop! |
A and A up high (Queenstown) |
Anna at high speed on the Queenstown luge |
Should have ordered the 360º bull bar |
Where's the tin gone? (help!) |
What on earth? (Korean jail, if you must know) |
Aragorn's Cliff, A and A |
Shotover River |
An illegal mid-spin photographer's blur |
The official photo |
Yet another (very nice) LOTR shot |
Ivan relocating the summit sign... |
Grahame, Pip and our chartered Cessna |
Ready for takeoff, Wanaka Airport |
Mt Aspiring |
Olivine Ice Plateau |
The pilot is on the left! |
Mitre Peak and the Footstool |
Bowen Falls dwarfed by the surrounding 'hills' |
Sea mist rolling into Sound |
Signature fern, Haast Pass |
Restricted passing places north of Haast |
Anna soaking up the sun |
Ivan (not driving we hope) |
Co-pilot Alexei |
Lake Matheson |
Coastal sunset on Hokitika River |
Combination vehicle/rail bridge |
North of Greymouth |
Hawks Crag Cutting |
How on earth did they do it? |
Pepper getting a good view |
Pip concentrating... |
Alexei and Anna enjoying each other |
Very hairy (and organised) sheep at top of Buller River |
Lake Rotoiti |
Jetty at Lake Rotoiti |
The water is deeeep, and clear! |
Anna getting her feet wet |
Alexei and Anna sorting photos |
Picton Ferry trucks were small... |
Leaving Picton Harbour |
View of Queen Charlotte Sound |
Getting comfortable in Embassy Theatre, Wellington |
Low-flying cafe, on the road to Tongariro |
The artist is Jeff Thompson |
Whakapapa skifield, autumn |
Defending the duck, Lake Rotorua |
Huka Falls jet boat |
Lake Ohakuri 'resort' |
Pip and Ivan waiting for Diamond Geyser |
The Orakei Korako ferry |
Departing view of Lake Ohakuri |
Rotorua Museum |
Blue Baths, and Duck... |
Anna hugging a kiwi |
Take care! |
Matamata, Worker's Cafe |
Arrival at Hobbiton, outside Matamata |
Party Tree was too big to hug |
Why this site was chosen |
Quite different now |
The journey home was tiring! |