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As I said I would go back through my pictures, I actually did, and in a timely manner at that. I gave myself a pat on the back for that. There's not much to say here, just here are my new mountain pictures! Have you been to New Zealand? Which picture is your favorite?
Woah, getting dark over here today. Going down under to the mountains of New Zealand. I have so many pictures of mountains from there, it's definitely ridiculous. I don't even know what to do with them all. It's intimidating looking at them, there's so many to go through! So, I picked ones I already went…
I think that's what I've always been calling it. That church in Tekapo because I don't know if I ever knew what it was called. It's just that. That church in Tekapo. That really busy, tiny church right on this glorious lake. It took a lot of patience to get the last picture, and there…
I didn't really know what we were going to see that day. I knew they were round rocks, but that was about it. Turns out it was the Moeraki Boulders. They were actually a lot cooler than I expected. They are perfectly round and I don't know why. I wish I had a a deep…
One of our stops in New Zealand was just for an afternoon in Oamaru, a small town on the south island. The main thing there was a steampunk museum. It was really dark inside, but kind of creepy and cool, so pictures didn't really work there. Outside was a small courtyard type area full of…
Of the few thousand pictures I have of New Zealand, it's hard to choose just a few to share at once. This time it's some close ups. Close ups of the first couple days at least, plenty more to come later. It's no secret I love macro photography and close up shots, because I really…
Dunedin was the first and last stop of my time in New Zealand. In the little time that I spend here, I enjoyed it, but didn't see a whole lot, just another reason to go back I suppose! After dinner our first night we were left on our own and a few of us decided…
So I guess I have a thing for rocks. I take a lot of pictures of them. These are cairns and they are EVERYWHERE. They are usually used to mark hiking trails, but not so much that I found here. These are all over New Zealand near rivers and lakes. It's hard to go near…
New Zealand is full of gems like this along, well, everywhere. This is no secret. But this was one of my favorite stops we made just on the side of the road. There also happened to be a dead rabbit hanging on the fence. Did that stop us? Of course not! It was just more…
Continue reading ➞ Brilliant Blues And Greens Of New Zealand
Today, I'm just here to share with you the photos of the most photogenic creatures put on this earth: llamas. Some are in New Zealand, some are in Ecuador. No matter where they hail, they are adorable and make for some good pictures. I even got to walk one in Ecuador. Her name was Maria.…
There are affiliate links in here. After stopping at our hotel in Dunedin and getting settled in, well sort of, we gather with the group and headed out for a drive around the area. Our first stop was Tomahawk Beach. With my camera acting up, the only way to start a trip, I took what…
Continue reading ➞ My first glimpse at New Zealand: Tomahawk Beach
Here's a little secret about me: I really don't enjoy flower photography. Don't get me wrong, I love flowers and plants, I have like ten of them in my room, but I just don't enjoy pictures of them that much. However, when I was in New Zealand, there were Lupins EVERYWHERE. They were impossible…
That could be contradicting. Kiwis aren't blue, they're green! New Zealand is pretty blue though. Not sad, blue, but colorful, blue. New Zealand is a pretty darn happy place full of blue skies, crystal blue waters, and, umm, other blue things. I was expecting to come up with more than that. Aaaaand on that note,…
Cemeteries. They can be kind of a downer subject. But, let's be real here for a second. There is a certain appeal of foreign cemeteries. There is just something about them that draws you in. It can be really interesting, actually, to learn about death and processes or traditions relating to it. In Slovenia, we…