tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143787702024-10-09T15:03:18.086+13:00The colour of the water in the lake was emerald green. My dream is to come back <br>one day with my Noelex, to sail on this lake.David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121059291398354752005-07-28T17:19:00.001+12:002011-05-02T15:47:11.488+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWjYQy1yNQ1G1OfJKyrSiz14FBkUdrTquRgLFyzSlWnPNmKpyOU8FWuMo1-wFrLWfrxFINUtU7yfabswwXnCp0asRUUFEuJAYWRj3g2aFVrYqZNsv36I9AD4zyZn3zSCdiZtVJA/s1600/Lake+wanaka+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWjYQy1yNQ1G1OfJKyrSiz14FBkUdrTquRgLFyzSlWnPNmKpyOU8FWuMo1-wFrLWfrxFINUtU7yfabswwXnCp0asRUUFEuJAYWRj3g2aFVrYqZNsv36I9AD4zyZn3zSCdiZtVJA/s200/Lake+wanaka+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>We stopped over at Lake Wanaka on the way to Mt Cook.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121059136167602562005-07-26T17:16:00.000+12:002011-05-02T15:24:42.877+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrBVYvJOuMViBiZ8hSO6tGcTbmE5WjXX91CgBdTA3XY3zKCmOVurUthqKC4u1jIdM9QYnJbcCKtwHuLthSt_Eq8L7vrCN99BQlhcZ3Lv5TMpiunx9UKESGg_TOJ8FQEU5KxZJKQ/s1600/lupins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrBVYvJOuMViBiZ8hSO6tGcTbmE5WjXX91CgBdTA3XY3zKCmOVurUthqKC4u1jIdM9QYnJbcCKtwHuLthSt_Eq8L7vrCN99BQlhcZ3Lv5TMpiunx9UKESGg_TOJ8FQEU5KxZJKQ/s200/lupins.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121058928930334932005-07-24T17:11:00.001+12:002011-05-02T15:44:19.230+12:00<div align="justify"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumzzOpBtfPLliQ9UGJWs9gxdg1FUUqRzYnD1Wy6iQ87lqxSzojoxZ5PYO0Oi46872Q_LACL_DCZ7MqYOMUZekr5M9n_75ws4aWjvr5sHrUaY4q-pWr6EyFgdjidHFHgdg3ykRqw/s1600/spray+painted.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgumzzOpBtfPLliQ9UGJWs9gxdg1FUUqRzYnD1Wy6iQ87lqxSzojoxZ5PYO0Oi46872Q_LACL_DCZ7MqYOMUZekr5M9n_75ws4aWjvr5sHrUaY4q-pWr6EyFgdjidHFHgdg3ykRqw/s200/spray+painted.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/spray%20painted.jpg"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">I was very surprised to discover these plastic fakes on the road side. Some one has spray painted these flowers. Yellow and green are not natural colours of the wild Lupines.<br /> </span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121058390387956892005-07-22T17:03:00.000+12:002012-07-03T08:02:14.240+12:00<div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTewMM6E61JXORyrcIU8rlIyvGckmbowyURGIOtvXYNaISiPPDLug-Ckz7k2xEFHCkWkyLpkB8P0_712FaVS6L3O40cPnjoUMRlyXgNveGjk_AFvug81q42IZDHXjAaO1W9fLOw/s1600/Lake+Wanaka+6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiTewMM6E61JXORyrcIU8rlIyvGckmbowyURGIOtvXYNaISiPPDLug-Ckz7k2xEFHCkWkyLpkB8P0_712FaVS6L3O40cPnjoUMRlyXgNveGjk_AFvug81q42IZDHXjAaO1W9fLOw/s200/Lake+Wanaka+6.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121058216011016202005-07-20T17:01:00.000+12:002011-05-02T15:23:38.542+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgD3k2q9YjigIDBFQ5pfaqNC6Md7uUbeEGDEOgAkvzViZenYCgZ0Z9sw62tzW_2OsbCwh_s_rg1h10MuPRS43754spRowktyChmB5vSTCQGpY6IzjY1nsWAlIarFaqUBmAl1qZ-g/s1600/Lake+Wanaka+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgD3k2q9YjigIDBFQ5pfaqNC6Md7uUbeEGDEOgAkvzViZenYCgZ0Z9sw62tzW_2OsbCwh_s_rg1h10MuPRS43754spRowktyChmB5vSTCQGpY6IzjY1nsWAlIarFaqUBmAl1qZ-g/s200/Lake+Wanaka+5.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121058056071655222005-07-18T16:59:00.000+12:002011-05-02T15:23:15.133+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUgZsg3vEBWpxEmhQ0jLwJEngCsICze1jLFRkQaMG1lJk6FEXjQWTwo7zMBRoxHazu_fpkYEozddGgonTq0lGSsg0uw7Ki4XC72-Oi8Y99iGv8X15CcuHIth53ywLjDma49ZGSA/s1600/Lake+Wanaka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkUgZsg3vEBWpxEmhQ0jLwJEngCsICze1jLFRkQaMG1lJk6FEXjQWTwo7zMBRoxHazu_fpkYEozddGgonTq0lGSsg0uw7Ki4XC72-Oi8Y99iGv8X15CcuHIth53ywLjDma49ZGSA/s200/Lake+Wanaka.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqjKxkWRCNiBQ5V0_iL36bcV7Wa-v57Pk807mri7c1cCJdILCMydFI0zA7OM9Q820HDdUuDgYMSYQnsWUy71NfMob-yoNAyxBxFOP_GIx6ENJAEIh7bL33VDnT6XRbYhG8WoKfA/s1600/Lupines.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqjKxkWRCNiBQ5V0_iL36bcV7Wa-v57Pk807mri7c1cCJdILCMydFI0zA7OM9Q820HDdUuDgYMSYQnsWUy71NfMob-yoNAyxBxFOP_GIx6ENJAEIh7bL33VDnT6XRbYhG8WoKfA/s200/Lupines.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxCh-yNdgMsSgt5Nnv7B5lm0qNs_VKTxo2xkl02s3tHDBISYfYaJIWF7Xn41fnsL7221bck82LSdl8rsdPw-Smz3DBT43-SYvevaO8WHqJwh1JisCtrHugGADqoud6aztoBlXJQ/s1600/lupines+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxCh-yNdgMsSgt5Nnv7B5lm0qNs_VKTxo2xkl02s3tHDBISYfYaJIWF7Xn41fnsL7221bck82LSdl8rsdPw-Smz3DBT43-SYvevaO8WHqJwh1JisCtrHugGADqoud6aztoBlXJQ/s200/lupines+2.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121057695453777862005-07-16T16:49:00.001+12:002011-05-03T23:22:22.427+12:00<div align="justify"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgentOP1cFh7q3dOTbWO46o7CNVRLdtNL4832D1uB8Ak0iQInM78lEZ5bpzJCGF7DP2vFbpYGYYeSvDImuppC6GHTyFUwzALb1dZG8tI_Pf09fD9BtIsuLRRM7B1wO3NZfYm4DdLw/s1600/back+packer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgentOP1cFh7q3dOTbWO46o7CNVRLdtNL4832D1uB8Ak0iQInM78lEZ5bpzJCGF7DP2vFbpYGYYeSvDImuppC6GHTyFUwzALb1dZG8tI_Pf09fD9BtIsuLRRM7B1wO3NZfYm4DdLw/s200/back+packer.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6264/1282/1600/Lake%20wanaka%201.jpg"></a><span style="font-family: 'times new roman';">Backpacker at Wanaka. Most of them provide cooking facility, pots and crockery in a communal kitchen. We even found a wok among the many cooking pots. Cooking rice without a rice cooker is really a challenge.</span></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-1121057935392437482005-07-14T16:56:00.000+12:002011-05-02T15:22:09.728+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzb9-O9QAtUpmds2WeISUexPIaglufNl4PuoNEr8xqgbpommirKiO4I3L3c4XpvP6WtWY0DkTH5hwhiCN1ru6LUlMv38fCNk_P5CPqB9BBFqBR5oYH3qOzhEU_fhU11poroOZ6A/s1600/Lake+wanaka+2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifzb9-O9QAtUpmds2WeISUexPIaglufNl4PuoNEr8xqgbpommirKiO4I3L3c4XpvP6WtWY0DkTH5hwhiCN1ru6LUlMv38fCNk_P5CPqB9BBFqBR5oYH3qOzhEU_fhU11poroOZ6A/s200/Lake+wanaka+2a.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>David Chinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13185379046787204351noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14378770.post-39318000717764179532005-07-10T15:20:00.000+12:002012-07-03T08:05:22.098+12:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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