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Bus Wars and that
... views of snow-capped mountains overlooking the water. However this was nothing in comparison to the views on offer once we reached Wanaka. It almost felt surreal and I took a long time by the Lake just trying to stamp the views into my mind.
We were joined in our hostel by a bus from another company that does tours of New Zealand, Stray. Keen not to miss a trick, the hostel abr announced there would be 'Bus Wars' ...
Big Ice
... off the glacier when it was receding. We took a nice walk around the lake and Phil taught us all about the local indigenous plants in the forest along the way. One of the big drawing cards for the lake is that, when conditions are right, you can get a perfect picture of snow peaked Mt. Cook reflected in the lake. Unfortunately, by the time we got there, ...
4 seasons in a day
... zur Gletscherzunge zu unternehmen; ausser mit patschnassen Kleidern wären wir mit rein gar nichts belohnt worden...:-( Als wir uns beim Lake Matheson – nach dessen Umrundung zu Fuss in strömendem Regen – eine Postkarte erstanden hatten und erahnten, wie toll der Ausblick auf Mount Tasman und Mount Cook gewesen wäre, waren wir schon ein bisschen grantig; schliesslich hätten wir hier so leichten Zugang zu einem Gletscher bzw. einer Gletschertour gehabt wie ...
My snowboarding debut
... ski slope reception. I had never done any snowboarding before, so I decided to go for the $120 of two 2 hour lessons with board/boarding clothes hire included.
With the right sizes hired and all good to go, I headed over to the snowboarding school area… only to turn up at the wrong lesson! They let me have a one-on-one lesson for an hour. It was all about using the heels and toes to try and grip the snowboard onto the snow.
I found it ***********trol my speed at ...
Gorgeous weather, glaciers and Grady in a chopper
... taken and probably spent about 10 minutes on the snow. We didn’t get Grady out of the chopper. He just waited patiently for us.
The flight back to the helipad took a different route and we flew over valleys and mountains that contained half frozen waterfalls, Himalayan Tar (mountain goats) and lovely scenery. After 40 minutes of perhaps one of the best things I have ever done, we climbed out of the chopper and back into our little silver ...
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