Aoraki Mount Cook National Park, New Zealand

We left Christchurch for Mt Cook stopping at Late Tekapo, a beautiful vast lake surrounded by snowy mountains. Once we'd negotiated the Japanese tourists we had a lovely walk along the lake and found a cracking spot for lunch!   We arrived in Mt ...

... for ages and we couldn't see anything around to clean it ourselves. It's a shame, all the firewood everywhere, it is autumn in New Zealand now and particularly here, you can tell. At least we were lovely and warm cuddled up under our duvet in the van but ...

... starts and the galaxy and the future, it was all well worth the money, a really enjoyable time. We did learn that Mount Cook/Aoraki is crumbling, and there is concern, and also when it does, noone will no where the nearby towns will get the water supply ...

... travelling much the same path as we have although they're off to Australia to work after NZ.  Aoraki Mount Cook is really for enthusiasts as there are only a few trails and the rest requires mountaineering equipment, crampons and the like.& ...