Well, finally, I got to see New-Zealand in all its glory. Since I've been here, and even before that, I had heard time and time again how wet and rainy New-Zealand is. But for over a month all I saw was barely a couple of hours of moderate rain and drizzles here and there. Even in Fiordland, considered to be one of the wettest places on earth, I barely got a drizzle on the Milford and a just perfect day on the Doubtful. But on the Routeburn this had finally changed. The morning started a bit wet, but by the time we got to the Routeburn itself this has already developed to full pledged rain, plus wind. This had continued uninterrupted for more than 24 hour so we were continuously soaking wet for the rest of
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