Thurs 10th- Well, that night we had a thunder storm soooo loud Josh thought it was an earthquake at which point we wondered if a camper van might be a tad too conductive to electricity. Mmmm. Anyway, by the morning the skies brightened and, whilst Julian decided to stay smelly, Josh & I got round a shower with a quick, very refreshing dip in the lake, joined only by a few not too impressed ducks. After breakfast and our little mug of sunshine as Josh called it, we set off for Mount Cook. The drive was beautiful with 55kms being alongside the equally stunning opaque-blue Lake Pukaki. The view of Mount Cook from the Lookout information centre on the way was beyond description, but Josh will remember it as the place where we lost one of
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