Day 15 to 19 Hi Everyone! I made it out alive, did anyone miss me? Below is our account of the fabulous Milford Sound Trek...expect blood, sweat & tears! Milford Sound Trek Day 1 This is easy! So we got up at 6am, had our final shower, got our packs ready with food for four days and tried to prepare ourselves for what lay ahead. Yep, we’re crackers, a four day hiking trek 53km long, with mountains, avalanches, waterfalls, raging rivers and viscous sandflies! Its 9am and we are being collected by the DOC trip organisers at 9.15am…the battery on the van goes flat…Ohhhh crikey, what now. Friendly caretaker in the campsite jumpstarts van, we breathe sigh of relief move the van to the secure parking site and hop onto the coach. Looking around us there
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