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April 11th 2007
Published: April 11th 2007
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Milford Sound boat cruisebirds eye view of southern alps and fiordlandup close and personal with the ice Thursday morning we met at Ultimate Hikes headquarters and took a five hour bus ride to the Te Anau where we had lunch and then got on a boat that took us to the end of the lake where the start of the Milford track is. We got off the boat and walked about a mile to the first lodge- and when I s... Read Full Entry



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Anne Lovell
Annie10
Annie10
I grew up in Phoenix, AZ but I just graduated from Bucknell Univeristy in Lewisburg, PA. I love hiking, arts and crafts, reading, exercising, especially swimming and I love traveling and exciting new adventures! After I turned 21 I had one of the best years of my life traveling to Nicaragua for a week in January with the Bucknell Brigade, then in Dunedin, New Zealand studying abroad from February 4- mid June. After that I had a great senior year and now its into the real world! I hope this journal will keep my friends and family up to date on my future adventures in Ecuador and Peru! ... full info
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Southerland FallSoutherland Fall
Southerland Fall
the water is so powerful that even at more than 50ft away we got really wet from the spray
typical Milford sighttypical Milford sight
typical Milford sight
waterfalls the second day- my favorite part of the trackwaterfalls the second day- my favorite part of the track
waterfalls the second day- my favorite part of the track
bell rockbell rock
bell rock
the water from the waterfalls created a hollow part underneath this rock that so far has a max capacity of 30 people
our third day- cant get much betterour third day- cant get much better
our third day- cant get much better
lunch stoplunch stop
lunch stop
nicenice
nice
we made it to the very end- Sandfly Pointwe made it to the very end- Sandfly Point
we made it to the very end- Sandfly Point
hiking boot grave yardhiking boot grave yard
hiking boot grave yard
Anyone who never wants to see their boots again can leave them here at the end of the track
the boat that took us from the end of the track to Milford Soundthe boat that took us from the end of the track to Milford Sound
the boat that took us from the end of the track to Milford Sound
our first view of mildford soundour first view of mildford sound
our first view of mildford sound
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the boat dock at Milford Sound- the boat dock at Milford Sound-
the boat dock at Milford Sound-
Pretty much this boat dock, one lodge and a small pub make up the town of milford sound
the view of Milford Sound from my window the view of Milford Sound from my window
the view of Milford Sound from my window
the pointy mountain to the left is the famous Miter Peak
one of the Milford Cruise boatsone of the Milford Cruise boats
one of the Milford Cruise boats
looking out on the most beautiful place in the worldlooking out on the most beautiful place in the world
looking out on the most beautiful place in the world
the lovells and the Monk kidsthe lovells and the Monk kids
the lovells and the Monk kids
these were the kids of this really nice family from Aussie
waterfall #1waterfall #1
waterfall #1
there were waterfalls everywhere!
one of two other boats we sawone of two other boats we saw
one of two other boats we saw
out of all this water it wasn't bad to be one of only three boats in the entire sound
love this pic!love this pic!
love this pic!
Milford Sound at its bestMilford Sound at its best
Milford Sound at its best



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