Celebrity Look alike

I tried the celebrity look alike challange. I'm not sure if i was successful or not. "One of these guys just ain't like the other ones, one of these guys, just isn't the same". I hope its because I struggle to see some of the similarities here. Tell me which one I look most like. Bonus points for figuring out who some of these guys are.

Lake Daniels

Lake Daniels queens birthday weekend 06. Lake Daniels tramp starts off about 15 minutes drive west of Maruia springs on the Lewis Pass.


Setting off. Mike, Al, Lyndon and Brigit.




Only about 3 hours up and 3 hours down. As You can see. the weather wasn't quite up to standard.







Looking out over the lake.



The hut. Room for 32 apparently, although that would be a tight fit.



We spent some time reflecting on things.









J

Reubens Birthday

Reuben the birthday boy Himself



With friends



Reuben had clowns at His birthday.



We went to Pizza Hut.



And waited



And waited....



But then Reuben told us a story.



The End

Happy Birthday Reub's.

ANZAC Day

I think I'll leave this just as a pictorial.













Thanks to all those who risked and those who paid with their lives for freedom.

J

The Long Way Home

A little late, but as promised. The way back home from Huittenin -> Helsinki -> Copenhagen -> Singapore -> Christchurch ended up taken 57 hours.

Finland:

Huittenin to Helsinki, 3 hours drive.



Sunburst on the way home.



Saying Goodbye at Helsinki International Airport. Anna with Her mother in the background. We swapped mummies before I left.




Denmark:

Copenhagen Airport goes for the industrial look.



The Copenhagen Hilton was nice.



My sleep however, was not.




Singapore:

The famous Raffles Hotel. Infamous for being the site where the last remaining wild tiger in Singapore was shot. Pretty good for a former POW transit camp though.



Sir Stamford Raffles Himself. Founded Singapore and ended stop the slave trade.



Took a boat down the river.



The rest of the tour party.



Accross the river, China town.



Singapore is a very built up city.



Good to see that the Ancient Greeks and Egyptians weren't the only ones with a good imagination. Singapores Mer-Lion. Anyway, my money would be on Merlion vs Sirus the Egyption, assuming aquatic conditions.



Back Home:

Feeling the respect......



Or not.....



Over and out. J

Photos...... Finally

Helsinki

First of all, the government buildings.



Anna in front of them. In finland you can call cellphone to cellphone at 2 cents a minute.



Me. We tried to get into parliment.... they wouldn't let us.



Mannerheim. Keeping the soviets at bay since 1939.



Helsinki Lutheran Church. The scale of this photo doesn't do it justice.



Helsinki's Russian Orthodox Church.



I'll just call this "Anna".



Turku

Turku castle from the outside, est 1200 AD.



Turku castle from the insde. Note Anna at the bottom of the stairs for a size reference.



Turku cathedral. I could see this from my apartment balcony.



This guy looks cold.



Turku from Anna's sisters appartment. Note the ice hockey rink.




Tampere

Walking accross a frozen lake to the "summer cottage".



Anna with her niece. Those ski wagons were fun.



After a 77 degree sauna, You start to feel the need to cool down.



No problems there. A hole we cut in the ice (the small size limited my backstroke).



The view from the sky tower of the lake. The tracks below are for cross country skiing.



The view of the city (note all the mountains in the background).




Tallinin, Estonia

Looking towards the old city, from the port.



The old city, surrounded by walls, gates and 23 towers.



Like stepping back in time. Once inside, everything became a lot more tightly packed.



Entering the gates.



Sometimes this places felt.... hard to escape.



Yeah.... I like Finland.



The ferry that took us here from Finland (this one made it unlike the one in 1993).




Work in progress.......