"2nd of Tongariro crossing" Worldtaste’s photos around Taupo, New Zealand

A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Taupo, New Zealand by TravelPod blogger Worldtaste titled "2nd of Tongariro crossing" Worldtaste’s travel blog entry: "I woke up with the sound of the factory of the Mordor, I had to walk this way which would bring me to the beginning of all this. I did not know which creature I should find on my way, but the mist and the fog which were coming from the hole in front of the Mordor looked suspicious, almost supernatural... Enough with the Lord of the ring, but I can understand now how Peter Jackson was inspired to burn the trilogy of the Lord of the ring in New Zealand. For information: the mount Ngauruhoe (the highest one on the pictures) was the mount that they used for the mordor mount where the ring was done in the book and the movie. I left the Waihohonu hut at 7am before the sunrise on the mountain, and I had during the first hour of this hiking day the pleasure to be alone one more time with the nature: the sun rise progressively on the top of the 2 mountains and warming the ground with the ice and water of the plant which promptly sublime in light fog. I walked again quite quickly as I did not know if I could go to the 2 lakes ( a side trek of 1h30 on the paper) and if I could still catch my bus latter on. The result is that I arrive 1 hour in advance and I had all the time for a second breakfast on the top of the mountain which separate the 2 lakes. After that I knew that I was on time for my bus and I take it ...

Channel: YouTube Video Length: 2m 31s Date Found: Sun, Mar 06 2011 9:09 AM Category: Travel Date Produced: Sat, Mar 05 2011 11:19 PM View Count: 0