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Doubtful Sound

The sound of silence

April 9th 2005
We spent two days in Manapouri so that we could visit two of New Zealand's famous Fiords. On Friday, we drove up to Milford Sound along a spectacular two-hour road into the wilderness. On Saturday, we took a cruise across Lake Manapouri, a 4x4 bus across a seriously rocky mountain pass and then spent the day on a catamaran on Doubtful Sound (so called, because when Capta ... read more
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We started this travel blog in 2005 when we set off on a ten-month around-the-world trip with a couple of backpacks and not much else. In 2008, we emigrated to New Zealand with four suitcases and a guitar and spent the first month travelling throughout the country, from Auckland to Christchurch, via a roundabout route. We now live in Christchurch and post the odd blog now and again...whenever the travel bug bites. Happy reading! Also, for a non-travel related blog, see whatdoesawombateat?... full info
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