It's a bit chilly in Queenstown today, so I am hiding in an internet cafe and updating this. I tried to warm myself up with a glass of wine. But at $9 for a teeny weeny rose at the Atlas Beer cafe, I decided to try somewhere else. I did try to make that one last almost an hour. The fact that a group of guys were stripping off and daring each other to skinny dip in the lake had nothing to do with it all. Honest.
A quick Ferz Burger (mmmmmmm) and I may be ready to try another one of those sneeze inducing New Zealand beers.
Yesterday, I went to Milford Sounds. The scenery was truly epic. We passed through a gorge with a road blasted through a sheer verticle wall of granite. The Homer pass. An astonishing feat of engineering.
Milford Sounds itself is part of the Fjord Lands. A very beautiful array of glacial lakes and flooded areas. We passed through a flat, U shaped glacial valley. Again, I will upload the photos at another time, but I don't think they will do justice to the sheer size of the area. The Mirror Lakes......now that was simply amazing. A flat expanse of water with the most perfect relection I have ever seen. Turn the photographs upside down and you can't tell which way they should be. I managed to make friends with a very interesting old sheep farmer from Australia who had come over to watch the sheep shearing world championships in Auckland. It was won by a Scottish chap! Ha ha!!
Right, time for the sneezy beer......
Sounds as though you're having a fab time Sam. I *really* want to see the photos! Nia
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