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TX for the clarity, Hans.
Another beautiful image. It looks so "vacationary".
Pedal boats?
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Some are pedal boats (the French call them pedal'oh), others have an outboard motor. You can rent them for 30 minutes to 3 hours.
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Hans,

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was used as a stand-in for the fictional Mount Doom in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
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Ah - so you traveled Frodo's entire journey...
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Mount Ngauruhoe
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StuartR wrote:...#NameThatMountain
That's an easy one if you've been there,
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Mount Ngauruhoe
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Are both of you missing a finger now? :innocent:
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I'm told that locals believe that you visit the mountain and chop off your finger if you want a divorce Hans
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That's different from Tolkien's story...
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One of my favorite mountains.
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Fujiyama, Mount Fuji San, Japan
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What's this love affair with volcano's. You all know they are not really mountains, but rather ticking time bombs!! :flee:
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HansV wrote:Are both of you missing a finger now? :innocent:
Can't speak for Stuart but I've got all my fingers.

Night vision is OK too, having been based in the carrot capital of NZ when I took that picture of Mt Doom

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Rudi wrote:What's this love affair with volcano's. You all know they are not really mountains, but rather ticking time bombs!! :flee:
Umm, I'm my case not sure I'd use the term love affair but they do hold a strange fascination. That one with the unpronounceable name in Iceland was both a massive irritation to me but had it not been for it's eruption I and my family would not have benefited from the kindness of strangers on a scale such that I'm still grateful what is it now?, seven years on.

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Rudi wrote:What's this love affair with volcano's. You all know they are not really mountains, but rather ticking time bombs!! :flee:
I agree Rudi. :hmmn:
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