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I walked the KEPLER TRACK in the Fiordland region of the South Island of New Zealand. Simply amazing, awesome and ON TOP OF THE WORLD!! Photos and pages posted.......
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Welcome to VT! I'm Pam and have been here for a while,12 years in fact. My birthyear is 1956 so you can work out my age. Can't post year only in the personal details. VT is a great place to meet fellow travellers and research destinations. As an active member you become part of a very friendly community.

New Zealand is stunning!

Glenorchy, New Zealand

I had 10 days driving the backbone of the South Island, my favourite part of NZ. The Southern Alps mountain range runs down thru the middle of the long island, and has many many wonderful features. I love clouds, mountains and weather, so traveling in the autumn period was always going to be ?interesting?.
This photo is an area I had not previously visited, Glenorchy just 45 mins drive north up the shores of Lake Wakatipu from Queenstown. It is also the area where Peter Jackson chose to film some of the scenes in the Lord of the Rings (Tolkien) trilogy.
As I mentioned I had a mixture of weather, and with the advent of digital photography and endless photo memory, I was able to shoot off hundreds of photos. Now I have the huge task of sifting thru them and resizing to load onto VT.
I will never tire of this area, and although I had the opportunity to return to Christchurch via the coastal road, I couldn?t resist driving back, again, through the mountains. Sadly on both journeys, Mt Cook was covered in bad weather so I didn?t venture closer in to see it.
I did get some nice distance photos though.

If you enjoy the throbbing sound of the Merlin, and the beauty of the Spitfire's design, you need to go to the Warbirds Over Wanaka show. See it here on my Spitfires travelogue and also here.

Freefalling......

Tandem skydive.

My mother was a skydive instructor and I did many jumps in my earlier years. But that was a long time ago, so doing this tandem after 20 years was quite the experience!!
Check out my Perris, California page and view the travelogues to see more of the skydive.

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ONE TREE HILL

We turn away to face the cold, enduring chillAs the day begs the night for mercy
Your sun so bright it leaves no shadows, only scarsCarved into stone on the face of earthThe moon is up and over One Tree HillWe see the sun go down in your eyesYou ran like river to the seaLike a river to the seaAnd in our world a heart of darkness, a fire zoneWhere poets speak their hearts, then bleed for itJara sang, his song a weapon, in the hands of loveYou know his blood still cries from the ground
It runs like a river to the seaLike a river to the seaI don?t believe in painted roses or bleeding heartsWhile bullets rape the night of the mercifulI?ll see you again when the stars fall from the skyAnd the moon has turned red over One Tree HillWe run like a river to the seaLike a river to the sea

Written by U2 to the memory of kiwi Greg Carroll killed on Bono's Motorcycle. One Tree Hill, in Auckland New Zealand, was Greg's favourite spot.

Tintin and Snowy / Milou

I am a big Tintin fan and love his life of travel,adventure and journalism. Long live Tintin!!
I don't experience quite the adventures of Tintin, but you can see some of mine on these pages:
NewZealand>Skippers page - Scariest Trip travelogue.
New Zealand>Napier - Weekend Adventure Travelogue.
New Zealand>Lake Ohau - flight over this barren area.
California>Perris Valley Skydive!- Get your knees in the breeze!

New Zealand

Wanaka

I have an extensive New Zealand page however I am slowly building more and more pages about different towns and areas of the country.
I guess I specialise in pages New Zealand, and hope to keep building.

If you have an interest, visit this page to see Hobbiton from the Lord of the Rings movie, in Middle Earth:
New Zealand>Hinuera

My favourite pages are:
New Zealand>Doubtful Sound.
New Zealand>Lake Ohau.
New Zealand>Waiheke Island.
New Zealand>Glenorchy
New Zealand>Arrowtown
New Zealand>Waihou River

FRANCE

Moustiers Door

My favourite France pages are:
Lurs - (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur)
Moustiers-Sainte-Marie-(Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur)
Forcalquier - (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur)
Chambord - (Centre)

Barney the VT sheep in his cool VT cap !

I'd like to recommend some great VT member pages:

SirRichard - He is the master of VT with his pages and paintings.
worldtrekker-Ernst is so very interesting and his photography is superb.
Ekahau - Paul writes about my favourite place Antarctica and also treats us to the special destination of Tristan da Cunha. Be sure to take some time to have a look. Also check out his visit to the Embera Indians in Tintin style on his Panama page.
MacKiwi - HongKong and Bangkok and China!! He is the best in Asia!!
keeweechic - She has such an immense amount of information to give!
ATLC - Anke-Thea has such full & interesting pages on countries like France and Netherlands, as well she takes us to remote locations as French Guiana and Suriname. Thanx my friend, and you understand New Zealand so well!!
lihue - Uli's pages on Antarctica and New Zealand are superb.
richiecdisc - He is a great photojournalist!! And a long time friend here.
Geoff_Wright - Geoff is the Lord of the SthWest of England, and VT's gentleman.
daarth - David, long time member of VT, our sailing adventurer.
Pawtuxet - She is teaching me about Rhode Island and Providence.
BenFromParis - Ben is the best Parisian host. thanx Ben!
RamSter - A young very enthusiastic traveller, on whose pages you can read about Australia and Croatia, both of which he knows very well. Go look!
Kiwigal_1 - Kiwigal has great knowledge on her Japan pages from living there and also has a lot to share on Mongolia.
AliJoe - Kamal is one of my oldest friends on VT and his pages on countries like Afghanistan are well worth reading.
giampiero6 - Our trusty leader, hahaha. But he knows so much about Italy and I love his Joshua Tree page, I want to go there!!

frankcanfly's Antarctic page - this is the most uptodate and "real" page on the ice continent on VT. Amazing!
Waxbag - has some very interesting family travel pages, I admire him greatly!
munki - his travel photos are superb. Simply outstanding. Go take a look!!
1+1 - his outback Australian exploits are phenominal!

My favourite book.

This is my favourite book. Written by the author of the popular "Jonathan Livingstone Seagull" Richard Bach, this story is slightly different. Still aviation based but with a different slant. The main character, Donald Shimoda, is my real mentor and if only I could fly like he does.
I'd have clean leading edges, with not a bug in sight.........

Intro Updated Dec 4, 2011
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giampiero6 Feb 13, 2012 at 4:09 PM Report Abuse

I just jumped out front under the waterfall...that was in the philippines last month!
rexvaughan Jan 31, 2012 at 12:47 PM Report Abuse

Thanks, Pam. As you might guess, neither of us can believe 54 years. We think we are not even 54 years old yet!
wise23girl Jan 30, 2012 at 9:36 PM Report Abuse

Now I have passed on the snail trail and DORRISE THANKS YOU ON mISC
Marg
Kakapo2 Jan 26, 2012 at 1:55 PM Report Abuse

Yes, they are trying to find out which was the first colour in history. In Akaroa they had to go through eleven or twelve coats of paint until they found the ugly beige one. I think this is restoration gone crazy. Sissi
daldin Jan 20, 2012 at 1:05 AM Report Abuse

thank you kiwi, i found my special person in my heart...he is also here
mavl Jan 18, 2012 at 5:12 AM Report Abuse

yup, we all had fun, wish you could've been there!
jumpingnorman Jan 17, 2012 at 9:56 PM Report Abuse

Now that I think of it, I do wish they also showed where Tintin came from and who his family was....looked like he lived alone in the movie...BTW, is that picture of Giam with the sheep real??? Which farm was this at --- is there a VT farm? haha
sdq Jan 16, 2012 at 12:18 PM Report Abuse

Great pages nice work keep it up !
nicolaitan Jan 8, 2012 at 11:22 AM Report Abuse

belated best wishes for a healthy happy new year.
csordila Jan 7, 2012 at 3:22 PM Report Abuse

I was never in Indonesia. Lovely page! Laszlo