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A Trip Through Middle Earth

Swapna takes us on a tour of New Zealand and Lord of the Rings

Swapna Krishna

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Swapna is the Comics Editor at Book Riot. She's a Space Columnist for Paste Magazine and writes for Syfy Wire—Fangrrls, Tor.com, Bustle, and other sites. She co-hosts a podcast called Desi Geek Girls. You can find her incessant ramblings on Twitter at @skrishna. She lives outside Philadelphia.

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A few years ago, I went to New Zealand with my husband. I’m a huge Lord of the Rings fan and I was dying to see the country, plus we had friends there, so off we went. While there, I decided that I was going to reenact scenes from the movies BECAUSE OF COURSE, and my husband termed these “Frodo Ops” (geddit geddit instead of photo ops heh).

I swore these would never ever ever see the light of day, but between then and now I lost all my shame apparently, so, here are my Frodo Ops in all their glory. Enjoy!

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