The glories of lakes and mountains

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MT COOK!!! You are driving up this vast open plain between mountains and then BAM, the tallest mountain in the country. Lake Pukaki is a steely, blue lake on the way up. Then you are surrounded by huge, glacier covered mountains. We hiked up a valley and saw the Hooker Glacier (named after Rebecca, clearly). We layed on the lake and basked in the sunshine. We then decided to go up a mountain side to get a better perspective on the whole valley. We hiked up to some tarns (ponds) and were greated by a friendly Kea (Three words: giant alpine parrot. Not kidding. Look it up.).

The next day we hiked up next to the Tasman Glacier, which is the largest glacier in Nwe Zealand. Pretty crazy stuff. It was so huge and everything so bare it felt like we were in the Himalayas. Inspired we were as Yoda would say.



Time is running out. Onto the next few days...

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