Saturday, 27th of June
Today the entire group reunited to do the Milford Sound Tour from 7 to 7! It started with a 3 hour bus ride to Milford Sound from Queenstown with the crazy funniest bus driver named Mangee being the tour guide and telling jokes! Sara, Kathryn, Laura and I sat in the front rows so we can see out all the windows all day! The scenery was gorgeousssssss and unbelievably stunning!
Laura and I
Our first photo stop was in the Eglinton Valley! The frost made it so pretty and the mountains were sooo tall!
I had fun running through the field then the bus driver pretended toleave us and drive away! haha
The next photo stop was to the mirror lakes which was so
amazing! Sometimes the picture looked upside down
if the water was very still!
As we drove along after Mirror lakes we saw some streams with the bluest water!
And a waterfall!
Mangee opened the door so we could break off an icicle and pass it around!
It's sooo cold here!
I LOVE NATURE!!!! <3
Me drinking fresh mountain water from the stream!
SNOWWWWW, i haven't seen snow since i lived in New York!
It was soo fun and we had a snow ball fight!!!!
water frozen on the mountains!Our next stop was a 15 minute GORGEOUS walk called the CHASM...
I could see breathtaking mountains and the greenest plantlife all together and it was
soooo peaceful...
Me having fun on the trail!
I love trees! haha
I'm getting better at the jumping pictures
this time im actually off the ground!
Then we finally arrived to the boat part of the tour!!!! woo hoo!
We got a deliscious FREE buffett! yumm
Enjoying the views and the fresh air
Sterling Falls! taller than Niagra Falls at about 160 Meters I believe!Where i fell from for the Nevis Arc swing!!!!!
Wild fur seals!!!!!!! i love them they are sooo cute!
They said we had a 50/50 chance of seeing dolphins and when we docked the boat
to go into the underwater observatory a pod showed up and i almost
took the door off with one swing to get back outside and watch!!!! haha
My chances are always 100%! =)
Eventually we had to go back inside and down 60 stairs to the
underwater observatory which was really neat because i didn't have to
dive in freezing water to see fish and seastars and coral! <3>
It's very shallow here but since the environment is a fiord the deep sea
We had a fun ride home and he played the wheels on the bus i caught some
It's very shallow here but since the environment is a fiord the deep seaspecies get tricked into living in this environment because the
conditions still work for them!
We had a fun ride home and he played the wheels on the bus i caught somebut then my camera finally gave up on me, at least it didn't happen earlier!
I saw some of the most beautiful sights this day and i will never forget them, it was so amazing to see natures wonders and Milford sound is nominated by NZ to be one of the top 7 wonders of the world which will be voted on and known in 2010! I hope it gets it because it really should! If you ever are in New Zealand this is something i think you would all love!
