 P7200000.JPG - Trip begins with arrival in Auckland |
 P7200001.JPG - Coming up to our friend Paul's beach-front house |
 P7200002.JPG |
 P7200004.JPG |
 P7200008.JPG |
 P7200011.JPG - Shopping in idyllic Parnell |
 P7200012.JPG |
 P7200015.JPG - The shopkeeper is a retired operatic singer |
 P7200021.JPG |
 P7200023.JPG |
 P7200031a.JPG - Sky Tower from Parnell at dusk |
 P7210037.JPG |
 P7210038.JPG - Davenport from Chalet Chevron B&B |
 P7210040.JPG |
 P7210041.JPG |
 p7210042.JPG - Heading north to Paihia |
 P7210046.JPG |
 P7210048.JPG - Architect-designed toilet en route at Kawakawa |
 P7210055.JPG - Hilltop B&B Allegra House overlooking the Bay of Islands |
 P7210060.JPG - Somewhere over the rainbow ... |
 P7210069.JPG - Riding the car ferry to ... |
 P7210075.JPG |
 P7210084.JPG |
 P7210086.JPG - ... romantic Russell, the first capital of NZ |
 P7210089.JPG - Savoring the best mussels we've ever had |
 p7220100.JPG - Heading further north ... |
 P7220101.JPG - ... to embrace the Kauri tree |
 P7220106.JPG |
 P7220113.JPG |
 P7220129.JPG - Embarking our journey over the Ninety Mile Beach |
 P7220150.JPG - Stretches and stretches of expansive beachscape |
 P7220154.JPG |
 P7220157a.JPG |
 P7220162.JPG |
 P7220167.JPG |
 P7220172.JPG |
 P7220178.JPG |
 P7220179.JPG |
 P7220180.JPG - a Korean miniseries in the making |
 P7220191.JPG |
 P7220215a.JPG - Cape Reinga where the Pacific Ocean meets the Tasman Sea |
 P7220221.JPG |
 P7220222.JPG |
 P7220224.JPG |
 P7220242.JPG |
 P7220271.JPG - Fish and chips rest-stop |
 P7220277.JPG |
 P7230007.JPG - Bay of Islands at dawn |
 P72300086.JPG - Excursion to the islands ... |
 P7230016.JPG |
 P7230017.JPG |
 P7230072.JPG - ... and the Hole in the Rock |
 P7230073.JPG |
 P7230095.JPG |
 P7230096.JPG |
 P7230100.JPG |
 P7230106.JPG |
 P7230130.JPG - Our despondent German friend after dropping his Hasselblad camera lens into the bay,... |
 P7230149.JPG |
 P7230158.JPG - ... and not even the intelligent dolphins were able to retrieve it for him. :( |
 P7230163.JPG |
 P7230179.JPG - Paihia from the Bay |
 P7230182.JPG |
 P7230184.JPG - New Zealanders taking it easy at work |
 P7230191.JPG - Driving back to Auckland for a sumptuous dinner with our friends |
 P7230196.JPG - Sky Tower again, this time from Duxton Hotel |
 P7240210.JPG |
 P7240211.JPG |
 p7240220.JPG - Heading south to Rotorua and Taupo |
 P7240221.JPG |
 P7240227.JPG - Yes, that's Rotorua with its hot geysers and bubbling mud pools |
 P7240229.JPG |
 P7240239.JPG |
 P7240267.JPG |
 P7240269.JPG |
 P7240271.JPG - Only the fittest survive in the sulphuric aroma |
 P7240999.JPG - Missing the Rotary club dinner at Taupo,... |
 P7250001.JPG - ... but making the headline in the paper! |
 P7250006.JPG - Lake Taupo at day break |
 p7250020.JPG - In search of the snow-capped volcanoes ... |
 P7250007.JPG - ... which last erupted in 1996 |
 P7250024.JPG - Hydroelectric system at Waikato River just below Lake Taupo |
 P7250042.JPG |
 P7250047.JPG |
 P7250071.JPG - Lava Glass Art Gallery at Waikarei |
 P7250088.JPG - Prawn Farm in high Waikato region |
 P7250116.JPG - The summits of Mt Tongariro and Mt Ngauruhoe |
 P7250129.JPG - The Taranaki Falls Walk takes us into tussocks and shrublands. |
 P7250132.JPG |
 P7250135.JPG - Close encounter with Ngauruhoe |
 P7250146.JPG |
 P7250162.JPG |
 P7250168.JPG |
 P7250173.JPG |
 P7250177.JPG |
 P7250200.JPG |
 P7250209.JPG |
 P7250210.JPG - Heading back to the Whakapapa Visitor Centre ... |
 P7250211.JPG |
 P7250232.JPG |
 P7250237.JPG |
 P7250241.JPG - ... just in time to see the sunset over Mt Ngauruhoe ... |
 P7250252.JPG |
 P7250255.JPG - ... and Mt Ruapehu |
 P7250257.JPG |
 P7250260.JPG - Show and Guess at dinner in Taupo |
 P7260005.JPG - Lake Taupo the next morning |
 P7260011.JPG |
 P7260033.JPG |
 P7260039a.JPG |
 P7260049.JPG |
 P7260062.JPG |
 P7260065.JPG |
 P7260066.JPG |
 P7260068.JPG |
 P7260080.JPG - Heading back to Auckland ... |
 P7260081.JPG |
 P7260087.JPG - ... but not until after we try ... |
 P7260088.JPG |
 P7260090.JPG - ... the Taupo bungee first, of course |
 P7260102.JPG - Huka Falls |
 P7260103.JPG |
 P7260106.JPG - Orakei Korako the Hidden Valley |
 P7260113.JPG |
 P7260118.JPG |
 P7260119.JPG |
 P7260121.JPG |
 P7260128.JPG |
 P7260134.JPG |
 P7260139.JPG |
 P7260140.JPG |
 P7260145.JPG |
 P7260146.JPG |
 P7260147.JPG |
 P7200000.JPG - The end ... till our next trip |