



Sorry for the delay. We're been constantly on the road since we left Naomi's place on the 18th. The pictures above are from our one day trek on Tongariro Crossing. The hike is meant to be the best one day trek in all of New Zealand. Unfortunately, as you can see from the pictures, it was quite misty (it felt the way we imagined it felt for the two characters from the Road...either that or the hobbits' journey to Mordor). Luckily, the mist cleared long enough for us to see one of the main sights of the trek, the Emerald Lakes. It was a beautiful hike - completely prehistoric for the first bit and then we ascended to the top of the red crater (which was completely covered in mist). At this point it was rugged and had volcanic rock formations on the mountainside. The post card picture portion of the hike was definitely the Emerald Lakes (pictured above). We then headed down to the lunch hut where we munched on peanut butter sandwiches and pumpkin seeds and made our way down to our pick up spot. It was pretty amazing because the desolate, volcanic, mountainous landscape was suddenly transformed into a lush jungle. We even thought for a while that we had made a wrong turn! All in all it was pretty cool and so were the victorious Cadbury chocolates and Mac beers that we had to celebrate afterwards.
Very cool! Was great to hear your voice last night :)
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