"Down to -8 degrees" Sheerin09's photos about Glenorchy, New Zealand (routeburn clue photos)

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Preview of Sheerin09's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Glenorchy, New Zealand Entry Title: "Down to -8 degrees" Entry: "We travelled 45km down the road from Queenstown to Glenorchy which sits at the head of Lake Wakatipi. It's more of a hamlet than a village although apparently it's growing rapidly for 2 reasons. Firstly, it's at the start/finish of the Routeburn Trail which is now NZ's most popular walk and secondly, a large number of scenes from The Lord of the Rings trilogy were filmed in the surrounding mountains. So, in summary, Glenorchy is growing due to a) blokes/walkers who haven't washed and shaved for days and b) bus loads of geeks who come in search of their "inner golum"...or whatever it is supposed to be (the geeks reading this will know!) To put it bluntly, it was cold enough on the first night to freeze the balls of the proverbial brass monkey. Down to minus 8 degrees celcius - there was little chance of Louise prancing around in the new bikini she'd purchased in Australia. On went the electric blankets and if she could have worn teh electric blanket the next day when we went walking she would have. On the first day there we travelled further down the valley to the aptly named area of "Paradise". This is quite literally in the middle of nowhere and involved driving about 25km down a dirt road and fording a number of streams in ...

"Down to -8 degrees" Sheerin09's photos about Glenorchy, New Zealand (routeburn clue photos)

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