Guest blog brought to you by seasoned experts on all things helicopter, Marie and Astrid: Today started with a guided bus tour through the spectacular scenery between Te Anau and Milford Sound. Our Australian, ex-professional rugby player guide and driver, Skip, pointed out many interesting sights en route, including the location of pivotal scenes from the LOTR movies. He described fans of the trilogy as Ringons, a title Adrianne claims proudly. We saw majestic mountains, mirror lakes, the Homer Tunnel and a fantastic place called simply 'The Chasm', which was a breathtaking example of the erosive forces of falling water that had made surreal sculptures from the surrounding rocks. At the end of the Homer Tunnel, Skip asked us all to close our eyes (and said he would do the same) so that we could experience
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