Today we drove to the east coast to have a look at the Putangirua Pinnacles that were used in the
Lord of the Rings - Return of the King as the Dimholt Road.

After a one and a half hour drive over winding roads and through one of the wine regions of New Zealand
around Martinborough we arrived at the coast. From the parking area we walked uphill through a river bed
which was quite exhausting due to the fact that we were trying that endeavour at 1pm with the sun right above
trying to cook us. Luckily I had my new camera with me so I could stop every 10m to take a picture and take
a break. It took us about 45min to get to the Pinnacles, all uphill over crushed rocks in various sizes but was
worth it. The Pinnacles looked fantastic, it’s like some one build them for The Lord of the Rings, they for sure
looked artificial even thought nature was the driving force behind it over 120.000 years. Incredible!

I guess those places are what makes New Zealand such a special country to visit. For sure there are a lot
of other places in the world that look astonishing but I guess you won’t find them in such a density as you do
here.

After we got back to the car we drove a bit up north along the coast to Cape Palliser. On the way there we
were crossing a town where it seemed to be normal for every person to have their own bulldozer to pull
there boats up the beach. There was a whole line of bulldozers parked at the beach each one attached to
a boat, I mean 20-30 bulldozers in all sizes. That looked just a bit weird.

Close to Cape Palliser we stopped cause the highway turned into dirt road and the car we were driving was
not really suited for that. So we turned around and took a break at the nearest beach to enjoy once again
the incredible colour of the pacific ocean here in New Zealand the beach was covered in black gravel and
the water looked pastel blue and green. I really haven’t seen these colours in water anywhere else so far.
Really beautiful! Check out the pictures.