In the morning, I was walking alone through volcanoes and by mid-afternoon, we were in the Shire being bussed around with thousands of like-minded tourists.
After the second Lord of the Rings Trilogy, the brilliant capitalist, Peter Jackson, decided to leave the Shire set in place and create a tourist destinations. It was really cool to see and walk around this multi acre set, but this place was a factory. 50 person tours begin every 10 minutes and it was sold out for days. Fortunately, we got in a late tour. The pictures are pretty cool.
