Bill and Susan's excellent adventure

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sorry everyone, Travelblog crashed reciently and lost the text information for this blog. Luckly the pictures were saved. Until we recover the text, you might have to just browse the pictures for now and guess at where we were and what we were doing. (the pictures are the good part anyway)

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Photos

Us
In queenstown, the remarkables in the background...by the way, if you click on these pictures you get a better version, try it out!

Aoraki/Mt Cook
Our view from the bottom of lake Pukaki. Aoraki means "cloud piercer" in the maori language.

Kirsty and Mt Cook
We had such an amazing day that it was hard not to take hundreds of photos

Church of the Good Shepherd
This church sits on a point just at the southern end of Lake Tekapo (pronounced like peek-a-boo)

Rakaia Gorge
In western Canturbury. The water is that color because it drains the glaciers that tumble down the eastern side of the Alps. The glaciers grind the rock as they move and create "rock flour" that is suspended in the water, and makes it that amazing turquoise color.

Dog Creek Falls in Hanmer
The reward at the end of a long uphill hike

The Lewis pass
heading west from Hanmer across the mountains towards the west coast. This is not far from our disasterous incounter with the sandflys at the Sylvia flats hot springs.

Some more waterfalls
On the way to Nelson. I just learned that a guy who used to work at the place I do now (watercooled sports) goes over these falls in his kayak.

Jellyfish!
Our host Mike (as well as the water taxi guy) said they have never seen so many jellyfish. Thankfully they are completely harmless.

All of us
Near Hopewell on a nice day.

The picture of relaxation
"I like this place"

Reflections on mussel farming
I had to take dad to see the mussel farms.

Kenepuru sound
The view from the hopewell dock

Lake Rotoiti
sorry if the horizon is a little off center

Buller gorge swing bridge
The longest of its type in New Zealand
make sure to click below for more pictures, there are 50!

Comments

[Uncle Rick]

yeah yeah yeah
sandflies, freezing water, jellyfish, I don't know how you can stand living there. As I write, we are into Hour 12 of a Noreaster that has flooded half of NJ. ahem, So..the..visit..with..parents...went...well? Rob -- visited our alma mater last week on college tour. My outstanding impressions were the bowling machine is gone from Holley's and they serve sushi in the student center. keep blogging