So where have we been ?

To entertain you while I work through the news and stamps that will be the subject of more blog entries, here are some photographs from our holiday.  The first three people who correctly identify more than 12 locations will get a prize, though I haven't decided what that will be yet!

By the way, the locations are not in chronological order or geographical groups.
(Click on the images to see much larger versions.) 

UPDATE and clues:
#7 has not been identified by anybody - it's in North America.
#8 has only been identified by one (it's also in North America)
#15 has only been identified by two, it's in New Zealand, the whale being a clue but not of course exclusive.
#14 also appears on a stamp! 
Other non-New Zealand locations are 3, 5, 10, and 12.  

(1)	(2)
(3)	(4)
(5)	(6)
(7)	(8)
(9)	(10)
(11)	(12)
(13)	(14)
(15)	(16)
(17)	(18)

Answers by email to ian@norphil.co.uk - no comments revealing locations will be allowed!  If it's too difficult, clues may follow.

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