Kat and I are finally in Sydney, but between here and Auckland we had a fantastic sidetrip to Mout Ngauruhoe which is otherwise known as MOUNT DOOM!!!!
It's a one way hike that you can hire a ride back to your car. The hike takes you across the Tongariro Crossing and as a side trip you can summit none other than mount doom (from the Lord of the Rings movies). We had an excellent time and despite less than perfect weather actually got some superb views. The gloom part was that it was raining and snowing at the top of the mountain, but really that just added a feeling of accomplishment for reaching the top! There are a lot of volcanic activities in the area as you'll see in the pictures.
So far we're having an excellent time in Sydney and we haven't even explored much yet. I've been keeping my head down applying for jobs and looking for a place to live. Within the next few days hopefully we can do some exploring and I can put up some pictures of Sydney.
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I'm so glad you guys got to do the crossing! Hope to talk to you soon!
Great pictures of New Zealand hiking! Justin and I are actually in the middle of watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy, so it was ironic to see your pictures of Mt. Doom!
Happy birthday Kathleen!!!!
Oh man, how awesome is that trek? Funny thing is some dude in my hostel the night before we did it tells us "Ahhh, it's easy. A bit of uphill in the bit and you're fine after that." Liar liar liar. Uphill, thy name is Devil's Staircase.
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