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Today is the first day of our holiday down south
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This is one of the two bridges you need to cross to make it over the Rakaia: the flood channel bridge
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This is the other one: the Rakaia Gorge Bridge and it’s unique
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People enjoying the Rakaia
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Later in the afternoon: Lake Pukaki with Mt Cook in the distance
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We decide to camp here and enjoy the view, it’s hot today
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The X-Trail is a great workhorse and took us places my Polo would have trouble getting to
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Some photos takes with the drone
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Lovely place to camp
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Clear waters
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Morgan’s Island
And a little drone video
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Life’s good
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Mt Cook again
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Lovely sunset
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The moon reflecting in Lake Pukaki
Wat een zwaar leven toch… 😉 Prachtig Ed! Veel plezier. Als t dichterbij was, dan waren we even een paar dagen meegegaan.
Maar… maar… het IS dichtbij, JULLIE zijn juist ver weg. Het zijn overigens foto’s van onze vakantie in februari, ben er nu pas aan toegekomen de foto’s te posten. De datum bovenaan de pagina (“Posted on”) geeft altijd de datum weer van de dag waar het betrekking op heeft.