Wednesday, August 29, 2007

PHOTOS!

I have finally managed to download some photos for you. So here I will create a small album of photos from different parts of our trip in chronological order for you to see. How exciting!!


This photo is of John, Arnica and Emily at the beach in Wellington on our second to last day in NZ, in particularly windy conditions!!!


ROMANIA

This idyllic spot was the first refuge we arrived at in Romania, Cabana Voina at the start of the Fagaras mountains

I know Neroli will appreciate this shot...

The next image is Ed and I walking along in the hot sun on Day 1 of our tramp through the Fagaras mountains.



I reach the friendly signpost on Day 2



We reached a beautiful camp spot beside a tarn after the first days walk, and pitched the two purple tents.



On Day 2 it was another hot sunny day. Here Ed and I are standing on yet another of the multiple summits we climbed each day.



Another great big ridge traverse


The first Cabana we reached after three days of walking and we were very hungry. This is the Cabana with the lady who served us an omelette through a tine hole in the wall! Ed pats the donkey


Another tarn we passed at lunch time, Ed and me again. Chris took lots of the photos... he was always in front so he had time!



The big Cabanas on Day 4. A great sight for hungry stomachs!



A big ridge traverse on Day 4. We are heading towards the wee blue lake you can see. The mountain on the right is Niagere, the 2nd highest mountain in Romania we would climb the next day. On this ridge, just before the lake on the right, is where we were camped when the massive thunderstorm struck during the night, yikes!

And here comes the storm up the valley!!



Chris does a self portrait by our campsite before nightfall. Perhaps he knew something?



And here we are on Day 5 climbing up the Dracula's Chimney on Naigere. There was alot of mist... it was very atmospheric!



The fantastic shelter we found at the end of a very long Day 5. It was pouring with rain, but we were warm, dry, and safe from bears in this rooftop.





THE TRANSYLVANIAN OPEN

Here is me, being rather silly, there is a small gummy bear attacking me on this orienteering control, it is yellow. You may or may not be able to see it. I was a bit worried about bears, so....



Chris, after becoming the first ever kiwi winner of the Transylvanian Open in Cluj!



KIEV

WOW! Another photo of me looking mighty speedy during the sprint event at the WOC Tour sprint event, after which we bathed in the fountains.


Emily in the bustling metro station


Chris in the very modern independance square in central Kiev


The beautiful St Sophia monastry



Chris, all concentration right befoe the start of the sprint final.....





So that´s all for now. Hope you enjoyed the photos, feel free to answer my very informative poll on the top left of this page, Tschüss!

9 comments:

Unknown said...

Fantastic to get some pics from you guys! Hehehe... had to laugh at the crazed look in Chris's eye in the self-portrait... must be something about Transylvania... and the bike helmets. And cool looking scenery, of course. Well done with the Orienteering!
aj

Unknown said...

Thanks Arnica! I was pretty pleased to finally get some of our photos on seeing as we had alot of cool ones i think. That selection was only 20 of 1000!! Chris is talking to John right now so hello to both of you!
Em

Unknown said...

hehe... it was a joint comment from both of us... I was actually posing as arnica! Anyhow, good to hear from you. I've just spoke to Frase Mac and he suggests you might have some luck checking out second hand bikes on http://www.ebay.de/
You can speak German, ja?

H said...

What clever tech stuff these bloggy things are .. Chris talking to John (alias Arnie) whilst Em writes to Arnie (alias John). And Annie & I Skyping with Chris just moments before.
I liked the look of campsite on Day 4, Fagaras Mts (2 photos up from the notorious Chris self-portrait)
Some good orienteering results, Em. Oh, and Chris, you did pretty well too ! Annie is actually very proud (I am too but I'm much too proud to say so)
H

Unknown said...

Far out, now that we're all on line together... how about's we all have dinner together?

Unknown said...

mmmmm, dinner sounds great!

CrispNZ said...

Oooo pretty photos... I'm jealous.
Planning on replying to your email, really I am. Viel Spass noch.

CrispNZ said...

PS. That gummy bear looks truly terrifying...

Unknown said...

Chris thinks so too, every time he looks at that photo it sends shudders down his spine! Yellow gummy bears are the most dangerous variety, followed closly by rare blue ones...