Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Approach to New Zealand

I have always been fascinated in mountains with snowcaps. Being in a hot tropical country, i experienced seeing it only as an adult during my few travels in temperate climates. But they have been very far from the plane window and disappeared quickly from my view. Going to New Zealand is a different case, as views of the snow caps were there much longer, and i had the delight of my life. It turned out that these are actually glaciers deposited through time. Wikipedia said that 18 glaciers are in the North Island, while 3,155 are in the South Island being closer to the Antarctic.

My eyes and camera are fixed on the window, i kept on clicking until the plane touched land. My soul is silent in awe!

The moment i saw some clearings in between the clouds, my eyes got fixed through the window.


These are fully hard rocks, cleared of any loose particles by the falling snow.


These mountains are incredibly different in color than the rest of the mountains, maybe these are rich in gold. 

 Rivers rise and ebb because of the melting snow and glaciers.

It is amazing that even these rocky mountains have well developed road systems to the other side. I just don't know what these roads are used for, as no signs of habitation are on those mountains. Definitely, no possible agricultural activities will also thrive there. 

As we approach land, i can already zoom in to a particular area. New Zealand is criss-crossed by lots of bodies of water like the above. And those small islands at the middle make the landscape very picturesque and beautiful.

The final approach to the airport in Auckland.

Those wildflowers on these rocky mountain make it look like a landscaped rock, very beautiful as the plane approaches land. I hope to be near it on foot sometime. But eventually, when a lot more wonderful vegetation on land are near, i almost forgot my first hope to go to this place. I will just look at these photos and reminisce my feelings of awe and delight. 

11 comments:

  1. Hi Andrea,
    I am just catching up with your blog. I have always heard how beautiful New Zealand is and that is confirmed by your pictures. I would love to go there some day, although it is the opposite side of the planet for me, so would take a very long time to get there! I love visiting countries where the plants are all new to me!

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    1. Nick i would like to tell you my secret. Sydney is the first place abroad i 've been too, and after many countries and decades before my return, it was always my favorite among all else. But after visiting NZ directly from Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Gold Coast, i changed it now to New Zealand, hahaha. You should go there at once, before more development changed the landscapes.

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  2. It is amazing what we see from above and you saw some awesome landscape. The penultimate image surely has some Alaska vibe in it.

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    1. Yes Photo Cache, and in all my flights i always choose the window seat if ever i can still choose. And the sights down there never fail to amaze me, even the local scene no matter how often i see them. The more when it is like this that you are thinking this might be the last chance. Thanks for visiting again.

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  3. What photos your got out the plane window...sometimes they are so dirty you can't see.. I would have been saying Wow out loud... Amazing Andrea.... Michelle

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    1. Hi Michelle, i am also very impressed with my clear photos, as most of the time they are hazy and not nice for blogs at all. I guess the clean are also helps for the clean vision. Thank you.

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  4. Beautiful photos of beautiful land - thank you for sharing

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    1. Yes Klaraau01, i am changing my favorite now, haha. Instead of Sydney which has been my choice for more than 2 decades, now it is New Zealand. hahaha

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  5. This is just a welcome to my country and I know you will find much beauty at sea level!!

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    1. Yes bettyl-NZ, and this is just a review of all my experiences and photos which happened in December. I hope you will always come over and check my posts about NZ which are maybe so plenty more to go. Come, check and agree or disagree. Thank you

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  6. I have always wanted to visit NZ and have heard the approach by air is amazing with the mountains...now I can see what everyone means...fabulous and thanks for sharing.

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