Today we got the bus to Wanaka, a beautiful ski town surrounded by lakes and mountains. It really is another postcard moment to add to my very expanding collection of these moments. We stayed in a lovely hostel called Mountain view backpackers as we knew the owner. Was really nice place, complete with a wonderful view of the mountains from the kitchen. We decided as we were only in Wanaka for one day we would take a hike up Mount Iron, which gave 360 views of Wanaka, Lake Wanaka and surrounding mountains. It was a steep hike up with some burning thighs but it was absolutely breathtaking, another postcard moment again! Having earnt it from our walk we had some dinner and a cider. Then we headed for drinks at Irish bar (because of course there
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