And so it ends...

Trip Start Feb 28, 2009
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Trip End Apr 12, 2009


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YHA Lake Tekapo
(Lake Tekapo hotels)

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Saturday, April 11, 2009

And here it is... Our last entry from New Zealand... Created and posted after we already arrived home, but that is because our last day in New Zealand was so busy that we just didn't have any time to select the pictures and write a little bit. (Plus the car didn't have an internet connection to upload anything even if we could have made the entry already ;))

We arrived at Lake Tekapo on the evening of the 10th of April and had a meal at a little nearby restaurant. While we were walking back to our room for the night we noticed that the lake and the mountains around it were looking very picturesque. The sky was clear and the full moon was lighting everything up and making it look nice and incredibly serene. So of course we quickly went and fetched Martijn's camera and the tripod in order to take advantage of this opportunity :D.
1 - Nighttime Serenity...
1 - Nighttime Serenity...
The next morning we spent a fair bit of time re-packing most of the bags as once we drove away from Lake Tekapo our next stop would be the Christchurch Airport. There we would be checking them in and we wanted to make sure everything would arrive safely back in Oslo (barring any lost luggage of course ;)).

But before we left Lake Tekapo we had a wander around the area again as in daylight it was ALSO very pretty and serene :D.
A little bit further along the shore line of the lake there is a small church called The Church Of The Good Shepherd. As it is touted as one of the 'sights' (besides all the pretty nature of course) at Lake Tekapo we figured we'd stop by there on our way out. When we arrived there it was quite nice and calm, but not long after our arrival BUSLOADS of people started showing up.
Now taking a nice picture of a little church at a calm lake while there are 40+ people milling around is tricky to say the least, but we think we managed. Just don't expect it to be the way it looks on the postcards or photographs if you ever intend to go there ;).

After spending far too much time at this tiny little church we jumped back into the car and drove to Christchurch Airport :P

See you all at home!!! *HUGS*
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havank
havank on Apr 19, 2009 at 08:11PM

Lake Tepako
Hello travelers, Still till the end of your trip the pics are very beautifull, i did,nt know that you where that religious. but I can understand that you wanted the church to fotograph

johanna52
johanna52 on Apr 19, 2009 at 08:22PM

Veilige Vlucht
Hoi Hoi,

Het was geweldig!! Wat een heerlijke vakantie!!
En wat een prachtige foto's.
Trude en Martijn, we wensen jullie vanuit Doenrade een hele veilige vlucht terug!! Hier kunnen jullie nog jaren van nagenieten!!!!
BYE BYE.

Groetjes Jan en Johanna.

bluejeans
bluejeans on Apr 20, 2009 at 03:34AM

Another church ?? :D
did I not say that I had my suspicions *wink*

3r1k
3r1k on Apr 20, 2009 at 10:28AM

compliments
Hi travellers, I enjoyed following you around on your beautiful trip across new zealand and with the nice pictures you took it sure is a place to visit somewhere in the future. I must compliment you on the excellent writing skills, maybe write a book sometime?? ;) See you on your next trip :)

Greetz, Erik

beestje
beestje on Apr 21, 2009 at 09:02AM

end of the journey
Hoi Martijn en Trude
Jullie kunnen terugkijken op een lange en mooie vakantie die beslist de moeite waard was en waar jullie nog lang van kunnen nagenieten. Het was leuk om jullie te volgen. :-)

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