Friday, July 8, 2011

New Zealand - a rock 'Broken apple

PLACE: The most romantic place in the Pacific Ocean. HISTORY: On the origin of "apple" New Zealand Maori aborigines tell a legend: the stone "fruit" character is simple beauty of love daughter of one of the local gods, and a simple fisherman. Idol allegedly put an impossible condition for unwanted marriage: it could happen only after the young with a heavy stone apple halves. As you might guess from the photo, the young do not have coped. It's just a romantic legend, but no other explanation, from the coast of the Tasman Sea took a single granite boulder near perfect spherical shape with a perfectly correct fault and a diameter greater than 6 meters, no. FACT: Ironically, most visitors to Split Apple Rock-it New Zealanders (although it would seem, the rock had long become familiar). The secret is simple: despite the legend, "apple" in the country's most popular place for wedding photo shoots. WHY: Split Apple Rock-it's just one of many interesting objects in the Abel Tasman National Park is open year round. ON THE ROAD: From Moscow, it is most convenient to fly to Oakland (Fr. North); Thai Airways (via Bangkok) and Korean Air (through Seoul), 55 100 rubles. From Oakland to the nearest local airport Nelson (Fr. Southern) Flight Air New Zealand, from $ 90. From Nelson to the Abel Tasman and a half hours by car. NAVIGATION: From coast to Split Apple Rock ply water taxi, 15 minutes. VISA: Free, pay for the visa center, 1000 rub., 14 days.

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