Boarded the boat at 8.55am after crawling out of our "beds", board of wood in my case, however the gusting winds and fantastic scenery soon woke us up. Because we had a clear day we could totally appreciate Mitre Peak . We also saw the three main waterfalls of Milford Sound, which were roaring over the mountains due to the rains of the day before. All the trees visable on the surrounding mountains are actually all entertwined at the roots, thereby one falling causes and avalance of trees, seen by some of the clear paths they made while tumbling down. This 22m long Fiord experiences around 6m of rain a year , and is also subject to earthquakes - one recently measuring 7 on the Richter Scale!! As we crusied down the Fiord we stopped and
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