After hundreds of miles of this, we finally hit Invercargill - a town with a Scottish heritage. The nicer parts of town had beautiful English parks and gardens, which seemed so…
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We hiked to a waterfall called "The Chasm" - a tiny slit in the rocks slowly carved by running water, creating a waterfall, or in this case, "chasm." There were multiple…
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Are you tired of waterfalls, mountains, and beautiful scenery? Well, there's more. Milford Sound -- it's really everything the guidebooks said and more. It's beautiful. It's spectacular. And if you get…
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Another boat, bus, and ferry ride later, we were back on dry land, and ready to hit up the streets of Te Anau. I quite liked the town - a bit…
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A peaceful night on still waters, books read in our cabins, and an almost too quiet, too dark existence. The boats engines started at 6am (or earlier). We scrambled to get…
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A half day of planes, trains, and automobiles, and we were finally on board our ship, and ready for our cruise. Our day pretty much went like this: more beauty, more…
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Unlike Milford Sound, there wasn't a public road that led directly to Doubtful Sound - you had to either fly in or charter a bus/tour. These roads on this little plot…
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We crossed Lake Te Anau by boat, and braved the wind up top as we cut through the bluest water ever. After docking on the other side of the lake, we…
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I woke up just in time to catch the sunrise over Lake Tekapo. It was unintentional that I was up so early, but instead of going back to bed, I…