Photos taken by LOJO

How we eat dinner

Its simple. Sometimes a little to simple, because you cant cook anything that requires more than one pot or one burner. We eat lots of rice and pasta.

• Date: 6 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Gnomie the Gnome

We tried desperately to name this gnome something relevant or witty, but we couldnt think of anything that fit. So his name is simply, Gnomie. He watches over our travels.

• Date: 6 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Lunch in Q-Town

The most wonderful thing about traveling by van in New Zealand is that you can pull off wherever you want to have a nap or make a sandwich, and its almost always beautiful.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Paragliding

This seems much more our style than skydiving. No plummeting towards the earth wondering if your parachute is going to open. You just run off the edge of the mountain (sounds more harmless than jumping out of a plane) and peacefully glide down.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Skiing in New Zealand

The ski hills here are strange - there are no trees and very few runs. I met a man from Colorado the other day who teaches yoga in Queenstown and he told me the skiing is crap because the wind blows everything around. That makes me feel better about missing NZ ski season.

• Date: 5 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Windy Wellington

It reminds me a lot of the bay area, windy, cloudy, and hilly.

• Date: 4 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Wellington, New Zealand
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Hard on the knees

The hike hurt much more coming down than going up.

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Tongariro National Park

Mt Ruapehu is the snow covered peak in the distance, then Mt. Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro is in the foreground. You can see part of the trail we hiked across.

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Brodys Binnoculars

Just for you, Pat

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Emerald Lakes

These lakes came out of nowhere just on the other side of the hikes summit.

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Tongariro Fissure

Brody was excited because it looked a little like the entrance to Mt. Doom in Lord of the Rings.

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Hikes Summit

Mt Ngauruhoe in the background. Its actually one of Tongariro's vents (as opposed to its own volcano) It last vented in the 1990's

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Tongariro Crater

• Date: 3 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Inside Guano

This is where we sleep, eat, get dressed, play cards, etc. etc. Its not much, but its home.

• Date: 2 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Fresh water spring

• Date: 2 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Mt Ruapehu

This volcano turns into a ski area in the winter time

• Date: 2 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Otukou, New Zealand
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Lake Taupo

You can see Tongariro National Park in the background.

• Date: 2 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Taupo, New Zealand
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Huka Falls

Outside Taupo. I wish there was someone or something down there to show you how massive they are.

• Date: 2 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Taupo, New Zealand
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Silica pools

• Date: 1 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
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Crater Lake

• Date: 1 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
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Kaikoura Seal Colony

These little guys were everywhere.

• Date: 28 January 2008
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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Maori Concert

• Date: 31 December 2007
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
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Maori Hangi

The food is steamed underground under a fire.

• Date: 31 December 2007
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Rotorua, New Zealand
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Shell Beach

• Date: 28 December 2007
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: Whitianga, New Zealand
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Sunset in NZ

• Date: 27 December 2007
• Photographer: LOJO: gallery
• Location: New Zealand
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