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http://www.OrganicExplorer.com In this segment from Organic Living TV we're Day 3 on our organic & sustainable tour of New Zealand! On the south island approximately 2.5 hours drive northwest from Christchurch is Lewis Pass National Park and Maruia Springs Thermal Resort. We meet up with Akira and Takako who introduce us to the magical and healing waters of Maruia Springs!
great video. very beautiful place. I wish you didnt put in a letter box. I have a huge plasma and I have a black boarder around the video. Is that for dramatic effect or just dont want to encode the video full screen? and why wouldnt you use the HQ option on such a beautiful video?
PGHMEDIA 2 years ago
Thanks for the warm compliment! We use letterbox for our TV broadcast version and thus it makes it easier to just make the YouTube segments from this. We also encode in SD, for a variety of reasons, some for storage issues and others because we like to keep higher-rez to encourage people to buy DVDs.
hippygourmet 2 years ago
Looks like a good place to get away from it all and with hot pools too.
Too bad it is so far away.
NaomiClareNL 2 years ago
Not sure what it's like getting to New Zealand from Netherlands, but what we discovered was that for us coming from San Francisco it was a simpler and shorter flight that going to Europe for example. 12.5 hours direct flight, and we were in Auckland. Anyhow, here is a great alternative for you - healing thermal waters in Tuscany - watch?v=yx0dy0BUtQk
hippygourmet 2 years ago