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Sitting very still on a lake...  
   

Sitting very still on a lake...

Just hoping the ice beneath me would not crack...
Careful: Ice...

August 4th 2006
The road to Mount Cook stops at Mount Cook and there is only one hostel there. This fabulous one had a sauna which I most certainly made use of! Ian and I did some walks in the Tasman Valley area and came across a lake which was frozen over. The edges would crack completely if you stood on them but I still had a desire to walk out onto the lake. I being the kind person I am, let Ian go out on ... read more
Oceania » New Zealand » South Island » Mount Cook National Park

New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
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