Lindsay and Ryan Do the World 2008/09

Well, we got up at 6am today and went to the most beautiful place!  Milford Sound.  Its about 4 hours away from Queenstown. We took a bus there and the driver was very informative.  He had a lot of interesting things to say about New Zealand. We were exactly halfway between the equator and the south pole today.  That was neat to know.  While we were driving along, there were 1000s of little waterfalls pouring out of the moutains (it was a little rainy the last two days)  We took some pictures but it doesn’t even come close to what it really looks like.  Its breathtaking.  The pictures or videos don’t do it justice.

 We got to Milford Sound and took a small cruise boat out around the fiords.  We saw fur seals laying on the rocks.  We also drank straight from a waterfall!  It tasted good too.  We went out into the Tasman Sea and the waves here HUGE out there.  We were going over them with the boat and the waves were crashing over the front. Ryan and I were standing there and we got soaked! lol.

 We went under neath a waterfall that is 3x the height of Niagara Falls with the same force! Not nearly as much water runs over it but it was still something else.  The mist alone soaked everyone, especially Ryan. haha.

 We got back to Queenstown around 8pm, it was a long, great day. We just got back from pizza.  It may have been the best pizza I have ever eaten.  Sundried tomatoes, chicken and brie cheese. omg. 🙂  We are going to stay in Queenstown one more night and then head to Mount Cook (the tallest mountain in New Zealand).  Should be fun. 

I will write again after that.  Bye.

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