10th November 2007, LOTR rohan. (christchurch)

First off sorry for no pictures, i am on a PONY PC that will not expect my memory card or pen-drive. but alot of people want this updated so enjoy.....

Im rather excited today i get to go see where they filmed Lord of the Rings Rohan scenes which was out of film 2 twin towers.

Got onto the bus it takes about 2hrs to drive out there, and the bus is full so i had to take the front seat. thats ok with me, i get a better view of the country side. So we got commentary on the way, things like how the discovered the place. apparently it was peter jacksons scouts was flying a plane around and didn't find what they were looking for, but on the way back they flew over this valley and they called peter he came down and had a look and they filmed there.

Well there is a little more to it then that, other things we were told was, that it took 8months for them to build the town, which was mainly out of polystyrene they then filmed the scenes only the outside as the inside of the hall was done in a studio in wellington. the filming only took 8 days to do, and then they took it all down, apparently the government said peter could do all this work in NZ as long as he left it the way he found it, bummer really it would of been nice to have the town there and actually walk round it.

Anyway, got there and wow it was so amazing. the valley they choose is really really spectacular, got plenty of pics, we first of took pics from the distance then took the 6 wheel jeep over the streams, only just making it mainly because the driver forgot to engage the wheel nuts, anyway we made it, stood on the hill thing that the town was built on and stood around for a while taking lots of pictures, was there for a good 30-40mins. Still can't believe the scenery was so amazing.

then had lunch which was free, we had sandwiches, wine and cake. nothing special but was good enough. then back to Christchurch, we i vegged out for the day, watched another film sorry people, but its either watch and film or something or go out drinking and yes i have done enough of that.

P.S sorry for the late updating this, but when traveling round New zealand with the stray bus, there is not much internet available plus i am on and off the bus pretty much everyday. the places they did have internet it was $5 for 30mins, where i ususal pay $3 for an hour. sod that.