The west side of the NZ Alps takes the most rain. So our drive up from Te Anau to Arthur’s Pass was basically one big blur because of the mist and rain. Unfortunately, it’s also where you can see some of the larger glaciers in the area; Fox Glacier and Franz Josef Glacier. They’re fantastic […]
“Welcome to Gondor…”, is what the Lord Of The Rings tour brochure said. It sounded tempting, even though I’m not a die hard LOTR fan. But I know damn well that what you will actually get to see is just some fields that vaguely remind you of the film, so we didn’t go on the […]
This morning, after getting up, shopping for bagage locks and power adapters and breakfast, we got in our rental Nissan Wingroad (what the hell kind of model is that? Never heard of…. small car, no luxuries, but cheap and large enough to hold our enormous bags) and drove to Mount Cook. With 3700-something metres Mount […]
We arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand (South Island), after a long flight with a stop over in Sydney. We flew at night and even if you do get to sleep for a few hours, you don’t really rest. On top of that, losing another 5 hours while crossing some time zones, doesn’t help either. But […]
