Mountain Chalet Motels Twizel

... by 2 of Linds's friends Rachael and Jenny too. It was great to be together and nice to all have meals in the evenings after various things through the day. We fitted in a trip to the Antarctic Centre, saw penguins and went in a Hagglund vehicle which was fun! Also visited Mount Cook with Mum and Dad where we had spectacular weather and really enjoyed a helicopter trip up around Mount Cook and Mount Tasman seeing the Tasman, Fox and Franz Josef glaciers. It was a really ...

Aamulla taas dösään ja nokka kohti pohjois-saarta, onneks on vielä muutama stoppi jäljellä ennen siirtymistä toiselle saarelle. Vanhanaikaiset lukot voi muuten täällä (ja ehkä muuallakin) olla aika hankalia välillä. Lukittiin itsemme viime yönä huoneeseen (lue, laitettiin ovi vahingossa takalukkoon) ja ei päästy yöllä käymään vessassa, joten käytiin pienellä partsilla, fire exit tikkaiden vieressä. Aamulla J kiipes palotikkaat allas ja k ...

Kurow - Twizel 82.83km, Average 15km/hr Today the road was windy, it often is, I know this for 2 reasons: * My trusty guide 'peddlers paradise' told me * I saw 3 perfectly good hats by the side of the road I decided though with 2 hats already on board and my helmet on my head I'd leave the lonely hats by the side of the road for those less well equipped with headware to find. The was also a excess of road kill but I don't think that had anything ...

... ole mitään asiaa, eikä ylhäällä varmasti ole WLAN verkkoakaan, joten eiköhän anneta sen homman olla :-) Tietysti valittiin sellainen hetki vuoren valloitukselle, jolloin sade oli juuri nousemassa ja aivan uskomaton vastatuuli puski edestä, joten hiukan veti niin sanotusti hapoille ja palkeita tukkoon! Ylös noustiin kuitenkin hirveällä vimmalla noin tunnissa ja kyllä vaan kannatti taas rimpuilla! Ylhäältä avautui nimittäin todella mahtavat maisemat alas ja ties kuin pitk ...

08.03.2009 Wir verlassen Oamaru gegen 10 Uhr und fahren bis nach Twizel, wo wir gegen 13.00 Uhr ankommen. Um 15.40 Uhr werden wir dann von Jane fuer die LOTR Tour abgeholt. Heute geht es zu den Pelennor Fields, und damit zum groessten und aufwendigsten Drehort der Filme. Denn hier wurde die Schlacht um Minas Tirith gedreht. Fuer 30 Tage wurde hier gedreht zum Teil von 4.30 Uhr morgens bis um 22.00 ...

... the geologically fascinating Elephant Rocks. Huge boulders, bent and twisted into unique shapes, rose eerily from the landscape. A persistent mist added to the unique atmosphere. This location, we heard, had featured in the Narnia move fight scenes and another film crew was hard at work designing a set that looked like a sandstone parapet on a castle of some sort. Back en route to ...

... o ao parque de caravanas para tentar arranjar lugar para passar a noite, foi uma decisão acertada pois o parque estava practicamente cheio. O parque fica bastante bem situado, mesmo à beira do lago, mas as instalações deixavam um pouco a desejar. Depois de orientarmos o parque, voltámos atrás até à Igreja Good Shepherd Church (Igreja do Bom Pastôr), que é uma pequena, picturesca e fotogénica Igreja mesmo junto ao lago. Esta é provavelmente a Igreja mais ...

... started casually poking around in the seat pocket in front. So casually that it took me a few seconds to cotton on to what she was looking for, but I was able to quickly grab a sick bag from my seat pocket and pass it over to her just in time. The combination of a slight hangover, a night gently bobbing around on a boat and a flight in a light plane proved a deadly mix. <br><br>After getting out of the plane and entering the international airport ...