No NZ trip is complete
without a complete appreciation of Milford Sound.
For a place with a 7 meter rainfall per year, we were lucky
to have a clear blue sky on the big boat, Milford
Mariner all the way out to the open ocean and back.
The skipper poked the
stern right up to some of the vertical cliffs and
waterfalls. Cameras were snapping all the time.
On the bike ride, there and
back, we had several nice stops like the Mirror Lakes,
where you would see the mountains perfectly reflected.
The roads impressed again going to Queenstown next
day for a trip in the sky gondola ride. This clear
sunny weather it was nothing short of spectacular.
Via a condemned gravel mining road (signs told that
rented vehicles were not covered by their insurance)
a small tour bus took 45 min to reach Skippers Canyon
for a thrilling Chevy V8 Jet Boat ride with 360 degrees
turns in a river so shallow, that in parts you could
wade across with rolled up long pants if you wanted.
We recognised the location in the Lord of the Rings
movie, where the Ring Wraiths were flushed down river.
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