From Queenstown we had a long, long trip to Milford Sound, way down in the south. On the way we stopped briefly at Te Anau, a pituresque lake on the tourist trail, and headed on down the one way highway. The drive got more and more spectacular, we went from the green fields and mountains to driving down a steep narrow, winding road past walls of mountains. Their high peaks were hidden in mist, so it just looked like granite walls, rising vertically up from the gorge below. Waterfalls that tumbled down looked like dribbling taps; dwarfed by the sheer size of the mountains. It was a beautiful drive, and eventually we arrived at Milford Sound itself: the water calm and still, the mountains silent beside, with trees and bushes clinging impossibly to their cliffs. The
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