Milford Sound day trip


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Published: February 24th 2006
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Wow!! I don't think I have ever since so many beautiful scenery in my life...well, i've said that a few times during this trip but seriously, today was awesome (Osome, like the kiwis say it)!!

It was a really long day leaving at 7 am this morning and then driving (on the Magic bus!) for 2 hours towards Te Anau...The road taking us there was wonderful...Hips (lots) of sheeps and cows just chillin' as the sun rise on the moutains behing them...WOW...

We stayed in Te Anau for a big 20 minutes as we needed to be the first bus in line to get to Milford Sound to catch our bus and be the first at the picture spots places on the road!! 😊 Our bus driver was just skipping every other coach on the road...Good times! 😊

Then we got to the Fiorland National Park!! WOW!! This is where they shot a part of the Lord of the Rings....we took some beautiful pictures (that we hope we'll be able to put on the site soon...Can't seem to know Windows XP around here...no internet cafe has it!!)
Huge moutains, crystal clear spring water coming down from gorgeous falls and a 12 km long tunnel going through a 800 m high moutain (a one lane tunnel with no lights at all in it! We couldn't see each other's face! It was that dark!)

Arrived at Milford Sound; population: 18

Jumped on a cruise ship that took us top to the Tasman Sea and all around Milford...And when I say around it, we were almost touching the moutains' walls.

Saw some fured seals and some bottlenose dolphins!! 😊 I reckon (think) it was the first time I saw real dolphins in their natural habitat (not in Sea World or at the aquarium) It was just great!! They were showing off :p (again took great pics...)


The ride back was a bit longer as we stopped less frequently...But we did go back to Te Anau, this time for 15 minutes :p

Anyways, it was a great day and we really enjoyed it...One of the "best days" of this trip!!

We just met the quebecers from the other day at Franz Josef on the street so i guess we might have a beer with them again tonight....but not as much as last time, tons of activites planned for tomorrow!!! 😊

Write to you soon!

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24th February 2006

paradis encore une fois
Allo Maude, que la vie est belle belle!! Les photos sont incroyables et la vue spectaculaire. Enjoy yourself, keep on smiling! xxxx
25th February 2006

On vous envie ...
Que vous êtes chanceux de voir tout ça. Merci de nous faire partager cet autre petit coin de paradis (un autre!!) Les paysages sont tout à fait magnifiques et nous n'avons vu que des photos! En réalité: ce doit être à couper le souffle!! Continuez d'en profiter. Gros bisous xxxx

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