30.03 & 30.04 Part 2: New Zealand: 4-day tramp, Lake Waikaremoana, an isolated beauty.
"Hey Babe, you wanna pick me up?" 'There was a time I would have jumped at the offer. Now, the spirit is willing but...' We always thought we would change our lifestyle when something more exciting arose. Little did we know that airplane travel is providing more excitement than the fabulous mountains, scenery and views of the world. To be fair, we have enjoyed a relatively quiet and incident free year of overseas travel. However, this calm period just ended, unfortunately. While air travel does not seem a great topic for a story, this one isn’t half-bad especially should one not be intimately involved...(continued at end) From a highpoint, looking down lake. The locals tell us they are going through a very dry spell. Observing the trees and water, we thought that was 'obvious'. Slowing the fall of the water at Korokoro Falls. The New Zealanders are 'big swingers'...they love these type of bridges. Last light. Getting bac...