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State Highway 8, P.O. Box 63 Lake Tekapo, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, 8770, 64-3-680-6848
On our way to Lake Tekapo we passed the famous Moeraki Boulders where we did a short bus stop for second breakfast (as usual) and to walk around, all in about just 30 minutes... But I already said that this is really bad with this stops in between on our way, that they're always much too short. Nevertheless this round rocks on the beach are fascinating! Another example of the many extraordinary things you can find in the New Zealand's nature. The weather wasn't the best when we arrived in Lak...
Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand danubearThis morning I checked out of the YMCA and went and picked up my car. I got a bit lost leaving Christchurch but once out it was stunning driving towards the snow capped alps. Every time I turned a corner the views just kept getting better and better. A few times I actually gasped, especially when I first saw Lake Tekapo. I visited the little chapel on the shores of the lake which has a huge window behind the pulpit with an amazing view - nearly enough to turn me to God! I arrived at Lake Teka...
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand emcdeIn the very early morning, the Kea birds (large parrots) were out begging for their breakfast - it was so load that it was hard to sleep. B2 got up to watch the sunrise on the mountain peaks on the balcony. The peaks were still clouded over, but the sun was striking the clouds with an array of bright colors and it made for pretty spectacular scenery. A2 could barely get her eyes open, but after looking at B2's photos of the sunrise, A2 crawled out of bed to take some herself (note, this is a ...
Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand oulous Day 5: 17 February 2000 (Thursday)
After checking out, we drove to Invercargill, we visited a garden full of roses, the most memorable part of the drive from Queenstown to Invercargill was able to see a large herd of sheeps crossing the road from one field to another! On the way, we also stopped by a cafe for the home-cook breakfast!
From Invercargill, we drove all the way to Lake Tekapo, it was so beautiful that we had to stop and stay for a night! Thank God, there was one room...

We intended to head off to Queenstown on the 11th, but as Lake Tekapo is so beautiful and there were still things to be done we just had to stay another night.<br><br>On the 10th we discovered a new Spa facility, just 2mins walk from our camper. Open from 10am to 10pm we decided we'd buy a day pass so we could return for the evening to stare at the night sky from a 37degree pool.<br><br>After a first visit to the Spa we had lunch and drove up to Mt John - this could be walked as its just ...
Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand beckyandneil... on the way back to Wanaka. <br><br>Back in Wanaka, all the shops were shut to we went to the cinema for dinner.. It was a boutique cinema with sofas (and randomly, a car) to sit in, and you could take food and drink in with you. We sat eating fish pie on trays on our laps (David had quesedilla), while watching Angels and Demons on the sofa. There was an interval where I got hot chocolate. The film was better than the Da Vinci Code, but was quite long so we didn't get to bed until late.
Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, South Island, New Zealand angela_louise... eggs but involved 14,799 bloody bunny carcases. The 19th annual hunt in Central Otago inovled 39 teams trying to kill as many bunnies as possible. The winners were 'Cuniculus Terminators' - beware pronunciation and spelling!- whose 12 man team shot 978 bunnies. Stoats, possums, ferrets etc were also considered fair game. Whilst the Bunnies were being shot we were on our way to Aoraki Mount Cook ...
Mount Cook, North Island, New Zealand mertonkiwis... op Fox Glacier en Franz Joseph Glacier. Ik weet het; niet zo ecologisch, maar ja, een slippertje mag wel eens, he. De ijle lucht in het hooggebergte geeft je honger...en na een goede lunch, verdient Wim een siestake...Leve de slaptitudes. ;-)
Mt. Cook Village, South Island, New Zealand phieandwimKnown as Aoraki (Cloud Piercer) to the Maori and named as Mount Cook after Cpt. James Cook by the first settlers. At 3755 meters its the highest peak in New Zealand and in the whole of Australasia for that matter. Luckily the weather and cloud held out and I was able to see the mighty peak basking in sunshine.
Mt. Cook Village, South Island, New Zealand travelhob... late we stopped at Kurow caravan park for the night. At the Kurow caravan park's reception they had a world map were they pin marked all the different countries from where they had visitors, most European countries were pinned, but guess what?... they had never seen a Portuguese in the flesh! They had heard about them, but they thought they might be a myth! :-D One of these days Nuno is going to end up inside a formol jar in some museum somewhere around here (or ...
Mt. Cook Village, South Island, New Zealand aguas
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