Godley Resort Lake Tekapo

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 ...

... 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.

... 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 ...

... 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. ;-)

Known 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.

... 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 ...