Yha Lake Tekapo

... about why is it called sweeping and not brooming when it is called a mop and moping? It maybe my language but I&#8217;ve no idea why? <br>With no resolution to this dilemma we finished work and headed out to lunch, that is me, Jovana and Sara who also works at Tailor made. We went to a Japanese restaurant because the Thai place was closed and Sara has a wheat allergy. I&#8217;m not a huge fan of sushi, it&#8217;s a bit the raw fish ...

... are penned up, not free to roam about like ours at home. Our hotel room in Lake Tekapo is right on the lakeshore. The water is an amazing florescent turquoise color and the snow on the mountains behind it make a beautiful contrast between the blue water and blue sky. There is a lovely little church on the lakeshore called The Church of the Good Shepherd; what a beautiful setting to worship. There is also a statue honoring sheep dogs for their invaluable service.

... br><br>An early start and we drove to Mount Cook, the tallest mountain in New Zealand. It was a bit overcast and very very cold and one of the tracks was shut due to a landslide. A quick brekkie then we walked as far as we could along the track looking at the mountain (well as much as we could see due to the low lying cloud cover!). We could only take the cold for so long so we decided to head to Queenstown in search of colder climates. <br><br><br>

... scenic detour to Fairlie. We were on an unsealed road going up and down hills and here was where we found out that our Jucy doesnt like hills! It was very slow going! Sophie tried to make friends with some cows at one point but they ran away! Eventually we arrived in Fairlie but didnt have time to explore - i.e the sun was getting low and Sophie didnt want to drive in the dark if she could help ...

... mountain in Australasia) in a small plane which took in the West Coast, the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers as well as an exciting landing on the Tasman Glacier. It was pretty spectacular. We landed close to another plane from the same company which tried to take off but had become frozen to the snow! The two pilots had to dig quite a lot of snow away and chip off ice from the landing gear and ...

... also is a glacial lake, but because of the mineral composition it appears to be bright blue, which I found both odd and beautiful. I don't think I'd want to go swimming in it though... Next up we pulled into the small town of Twizel to fill up on petrol. We didn't see any more than the gas station, but the name is awesome enough that you can just assume the town in as well ;-) After we had a full tank again we pulled off at Lake Tekapo, another large lake ...

... views of the lake from the top of the mountain were spectacular and it came with a real feeling of achievement that we'd made it to the top. Not quite sure this is correct but think we climbed about 2400 ft (so also good practice for Spain) and gave us much needed exercise. After a quick stop for a beer we walked out to the banks of the lake where there is a little church with a big window behind the altar that frames the picture of the lake and mountains ...

... for work? Euuu no, here on vacation. But you say it's for work! Yeah, it worked with something like that. What do you do? I work on ships. And you have that on your ship? (with a funny smile on his face) Heuuuu yes? When we go in the Arctic, we use it to make ice strips. Now funny guy looks puzzled, after all, he's military and he's probably not able to write his name without making mistakes, that's too much for him. You have to take your van out of ...

... marcadoo com alfinetes todos os paises de onde tinham recebido visitantes, quase todos os Países Europeus estavam marcados, mas adivinhem qual não estava?... Portugal! Nunca por aqui tinha passado um Português... pelo menos desde o Sec. XVII! :-D Um destes dias ainda acabo dentro de um frasco de formol num museu qualquer por aqui (ou pelo menos nos livros de história como o primeiro Português nestas paragens :-D). Isto lembra-me que em 10 meses de viagem ainda ...

... view. So I propped up my camera and used the<br>macro to get some good shots of the most stars I've every seen, I think<br>cloud-like clusters of whole galaxies even.<br><br><br><br>AM - Sometime in the<br>middle of the night - Lu woke me up because of the earthquake tremors<br>that were shaking the bed! I think I was so knocked out trying to fight<br>this cold I was getting, that I ...