Haast Pass

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our last look at Wanaka was the Puzzle world, where there are rooms full of illusions, like tilted floors which make you look different heights, and perspective. Also a good maze, which we eventually found our way out of! And so over the Alps again, to Haast on the west coast, ready to run up northwards. The Haast pass was stunning, hanging waterfalls, blue water in the rivers - straight from the glaciers - and wonderful forests. at Haast, you can get a jet boat to take you up the river. What an experience, there is no road up the valley, access by jet only. And the mountains are so huge that you feel tiny. The river had enormous boulders in it at the top, and nearer the mouth, was full of trees that wash down in the flood - and not just branches, whole big trees. At one point we stopped to see the fault line which divides New Zealand almost in half. Its just about due for a 300 year twitch we were told, so lucky we got out of there!

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Photos

the final task
of the maze - we did it together.

is this the right corner!
YES. I did it.

illusion room
straight or leaning?

with one finger
he could ho;d the leaning tower of Wanaka.

mountain pass
to Haast

debris on the bridge
and lots of it, though scraped to the side.

fairy castles
by the river

river beds
are strewn with rocks all the time - water power.

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[b&g hearn]

we just love your photos and the smiling faces. hope to see you soon XXXX