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Clear Water

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

The last day in Wellington was nice. We went again to the museum, to explore the rest of it, but we found out that we already saw the nice parts the day before. Than we went to the parliament house and made a nice tour there - I was surprised to find out that they closed to the public a huge library they have there, and keep it entirely for the use of their politicians; I was even more surprised to find out that after the last elections they decided to add another parliament member due to some political difficulty they had, so now there are 121 PMs in NZ, rather than the normal 120. Besides the tour we looked in an art gallery (nothing special) and saw a movie (nice). Then, yesterday morning, we headed to the south island.

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Wierd Capital

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Napier was totally destroyed in an earthquake at the early 1930’s. They had to virtually rebuild the entire city from scratch, and they did it with the high fashion of the time - the Art Deco style. Today it does have very nice buildings. However, it felt odd going on a guided tour looking at them, as us three lowered the average age of the tour by at least 30 years; indeed it looked as if the architects that designed the city went to participate in that tour with us.

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Some Pics Of NZ Northern Island

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

Just some pics, courtesy of Shlomi and Gilad. You can see more such pics at their photo album, use the link I added on the side bar of this blog.

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Lost Day

Saturday, October 29th, 2005

The last two days were in the shadow of one missed activity: the skydiving.
We were supposed to do it yesterday morning, but it was cloudy. So it was postponed to yesterday afternoon, then to today’s morning, and when it was finally held - this afternoon - I didn’t attend it, after all.

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Volcanic Activities

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

After paying a visit to Hobbiton, it was only expected that I would climb Mount Doom, which indeed I did today. It has a special maori name (Nghusomething, the official treck is called the Tongariro Crossing), and held a special surprise for me; however, this was only on the second day of my current visit to the realms of Vulcan, and I should first write about the first day.

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The Shire

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

My tour to Hobbiton, earlier today, showed me just how much New-Zealand was captured by the Lord Of The Rings.

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Wonders Of Nature

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

A few years ago I read a book about evolution. I was surprised to find there that the closest living animal to an elephant is actually the rabbit. They have exactly the same structure and originate from the same ancestor - the only difference is the scaling: elephants grew large while rabbits became small. It can easily be seen in every zoo: look at the profile of an elephant, remove its nose and ear, and you receive an exact head of a giant rock rabbit. Just the same as the similarities between a Kiwi and an Emu.

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Giants Of The Forest

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

“This is doubtless a bay”, wrote James Cook in his captain’s log at one of his more inspired moments, thus giving Doubtless Bay, at northern New-Zealand, its peculiar name.

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Green Country

Tuesday, October 18th, 2005

Yesterday morning started with an extreme luck. I started with a few arrangement - picked a parcel from the post (thanks for my parents and my sister), went to a barber, and then went to the DOC office and managed to book for all the walking trecks Shlomi and Gilad booked in July, at the same dates. Including the Milford.

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No Horses Speak Hebrew

Sunday, October 16th, 2005

When my hangover passed, I decided I really like Auckland.

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