Travel Photos

Thursday 18th November 2010

Today's photo shows a selection of some of my 'arty' photographs from my travels, that I'd had printed off and put up today.

Clockwise from top left - Mt. Tongariro and Mt. Ngauruhoe (aka. Mt. Doom from 'Lord of the Rings'), New Zealand; sunset in Rarotonga, Cook Islands; Blue Lake on one of the craters of Mt. Tongariro; puppy watching the sunset in Rarotonga; and centre, two rainbow lorrakeets taken in Queensland, Australia.

I didn't go training this evening as they were doing it outside over the Common and I had issues with that. Instead, stayed in and didn't do very much at all.

Quote of the Day:

Today I thought I'd put in some (in my opinion at least) beautiful quotes from the Cook Islands:

Kare te au peu e ko tei toia'ua ki muri, mari ra ko te rave'ia nei

'I teia 'ati'anga, e te ka rave 'ia i te au tuatau ki mua.

Ko te peu tupuna, ko ta tatou i mua ana, 'i teianei, e te au tu,

Ta tatou e umuumu nei.

Culture is not just the past. It is the present and the future.

It is what we once were. But it is also what we hope to be

E pakiri maroki'aki'a to te 'akari, e vai 'ura to-na puku'atu

The coconut has its hard skin but a watery heart

[You can have fear in your heart but bravery in your actions]

E pukari 'oki toku mei pokerekere mai.

E ngutapa katoa 'oki au no te 'oroega 'anga muna, I te ru-ru aere 'anga i taiku au 'ua ki runga i te one 'uri'uri,

Kia kore roa e taui ia toku to mei tei tepapa ia.

Ka makitoa tutu rai au kimua ma te kore toa e temanamanata 'anga.

No te mea, ko te tumu 'enua nei, ko te papa tei reira i raro ake 'iaku.

I have matured from the ancient past

I am also the door for those who create secrets.

To sow my seeds on the red soils, so that my character

Is never changed from its origin, so it will not be interfered with

Because the base of the land, is the foundation underneath me.