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Queenstown Flu hits Mount cook
Still drunk after a late, late one in Queenstown, I dragged myself onto the big green bus, and we left for Twizel, me in sunglasses and with a big bottle of water.
I can't honestly remember much of that journey, but before long we were stopping in Twizel and awaiting the Cook Connection Shuttle Bus that would take us to Mt. Cook Village. …
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Stunning views of Aoraki
... , we turned off onto SH80 and got our first glimpse of a crystal clear Mt Cook. It towered over the turquoise water of Lake Pukaki, and I literally had goose bumps as we gradually got closer to it. The bus driver stopped at a lookout so everyone could ...
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Walking up Mt John
... at the front, so we got a great view of the 5000 sheep who were in the middle of the road, near Lake Pukaki. Jens was going to Christchurch, whereas I was just travelling an hour up the road to Lake Tekapo. On arrival, we said goodbye and I made my way ...
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Out of the Gimp in with the Geeks
... cleared by this stage and the sky was as blue as it could be and not a cloud in the sky. We found ourselves at Lake Pukaki which again was quite simply the most amazing colour, with Mount Cook in the background we must have stopped about 15 times before ...
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Free Lakefront Lodging
... but it had even better views with snowy Mt Cook and surrounding peaks in the background. We found a great spot for 'freedom camping' and our first night in the camper was overlooking Lake Pukaki and Mt. Cook, with a sunset that wasn't too ...
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New Zealand - Land of Superlatives
... humid throughout Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, getting more comfortable in Australia and being a perfect English Spring/Summer in New Zealand for November. We today bought some thermals in 25 degrees celcius in a sale in Christchurch just ...
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An Hour Old
... (especially for Jen) before the longer journey over to Wanaka. We stopped en route to take in the magnificent views of Lake Pukaki mirroring the Southern Alps and Mt Cook in the distance. I only wish I could describe the colour. Similar to Lake ...
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To the place where Jesus prays!
... from Twizel around 10.45 by our final Stray driver, Karlyn. This was pretty much a full day of travel. We stopped off at Lake Pukaki for some great views of Mount Cook, then stopped off at Lake Tekapo. There was a small church here that had fantastic ...
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New Zealand, South Island...
... Australia we are now back on the road, this time in a wacky camper van covered in planets!!!Started our visit to New Zealand in Christchurch (with our pirate lonely planet from Saigon, one of a few photocopied books we bought from street vendors) of on ...
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A meeting with mighty Mount Cook
... the start of the Hooker Valley walk was an experience in itself. The road wound its way into the mountains along the shores of Lake Pukaki, a huge expanse of turquoise glacial water. As we neared the head of the lake, the distinctive shape of Mount Cook ...
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'The Adventures of the Travellin' Trio'
... Learned how annoying coughing and snoring in the night really can be Stood 'speechless' at the incredible colour of Lake Pukaki Received nothing but a friendly, welcoming, helpful response from everybody met along the way Attended a Tsunami ...
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