Eyjafjallajokull volcano has nothing on the Maori names around here.
It's sunny and beautiful in Auckland
and on the road. It's obvious why they filmed Lord of the Rings here. Every were we turn is another picture worthy view. We drove from Auckland to the Coromandel peninsula, and Audrey and I were staring out the window the whole time. We went to a hot spring beach, went snorkeling in the South Pacific, and climbed down to a secluded waterfall and all we could say the entire time was, "Gosh, this is so pretty." We have decided that it would be the perfect setting for the television show Lost because it has a mix of tropical forests and sloping hills that look like they're straight out of the French countryside.
Just wait until you see the sights on the south island. when I lived there, we backpacked along the actual river from Lord of the Rings (the dart rees river), had a church service in the forest from the end of the Fellowship, walked thru Lothlorion, kayaked to Fangorn Forest, drove past Hobbiton...seriously, it was awesome.
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