We had a fantastic weekend. Early Saturday morning we piled into the car and headed for Te Anau. We had tickets booked for a bus and boat tour of Milford Sound. It's tough to describe with words the beauty and majesty of what we saw. Granite mountains rising straight up out of the water, 700 metres in the air. Dolphins, maybe 20 of them, escorting our cruiser out into the Tasman Sea; playing, leaping, and racing us. Waterfalls cascading down the sheer rock-face from invisible lakes, 200 metres above that are remnants of the glaciers that gouged these fiords from the granite. It was an exhilarating and breath-taking day. Enjoy the pictures.
You may notice that we have changed the layout of the blog. We wanted to set it up so we could increase the size of the slide show without blocking anything. We think this will do the trick. As always, if you want to view the photos in full size just click on the slide show.
5 comments:
Wow! Nice pictures. It's so pretty!!
Hi everybody!! Sounded like a great trip!
Nice new layout for the blog by the way!
i should be seeing some pictures from the top of those mountains soon shouldn't i?
Keithy, as soon as my knee is repaired up you will see pics from the tops of mountains! I promise!
Samantha
Sounds like you lot are enjoying your time with my sis. Hope she's not giving you any trouble. If she does just let me know and I'll let her have it when she gets home. :)
She told me all about the dolphins and penguins over the phone, and how revolted she is when people walk around in their socks. It was very amusing to hear through the shutters of disgust.
I'm glad to hear she's well taken care of. Thank you for putting up with her for so long. Hope your Melissa-less week is enjoyable (I know it's hard, but it's possible!)
Love, Caitlyn
Over one million people visit Fiordland every year and Milford Sound is one of their favourite destinations. A part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is no wonder that Milford Sound was described by Rudyard Kipling as the 'eighth wonder of the world'. Enjoy NZ's rugged beauty! We managed to get to see Mitre Peak twice - once during the avalanche season which made driving there very dangerous.
e&f
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