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Kayaks and Sandflies

Monday, November 8th, 2004

Day 6 – Te Anau to Milford and back.

Without a shower and with minimal breakfast, we rolled out of the YHA at 5:45am to await our transport to Milford. We were the first to be picked up. A woman named Steph was our driver and would be guiding us for the whole day. After us she picked up an Austrian couple and a French girl named Matild. It was still quite dark out when we pulled out of Te Anau. We drove along the same road we’d taken on the way to Hollyford Road the previous day. Along the drive Steph told us tidbits about Fiordland and Milford Sound. After traveling beyond the Hollyford road, the landscape began the change. [read on]

Mountain Paradise

Sunday, November 7th, 2004

Day 5 – Queenstown to Te Anau

Still feeling some of the leftover effects of the beer from the previous night, we got up late at the Queenstown YHA and prepared to go to Te Anau. We were unsure exactly how our next few days would go, but kayaking or a cruise around Milford Sound was likely. As the jump-off point for trips into Milford, Te Anau was the ideal place for us to spend our next night. As we left Queenstown, the road grew curvy and was increasingly high. We were passing over the magnificent Southern Alps. [read on]