NEW ZEALAND
12/11/12
'Depart at 9am. We head to Lake Matheson for the amazing mirror lake; stop at Fox Glacier for pickups then travel through to the mountainous Haast pass and Makarora. We pass by the beautiful lake Hawea and arrive in Wanaka with an afternoon to enjoy this picturesque lakeside town.'
below: leaving Franz Josef
below: today involves a lot of driving but luckily this is typical of the view out the window
12/11/12
'Depart at 9am. We head to Lake Matheson for the amazing mirror lake; stop at Fox Glacier for pickups then travel through to the mountainous Haast pass and Makarora. We pass by the beautiful lake Hawea and arrive in Wanaka with an afternoon to enjoy this picturesque lakeside town.'
below: leaving Franz Josef
below: today involves a lot of driving but luckily this is typical of the view out the window
below: Lake Matheson near Franz Josef. Stunning or what...
below: the gang L-R Sam, me, Chrissi, Tosca and Rayen (Caitlin was falling out of a plane over the glacier)
below: beach stop. not visible in the photo but dolphins were showing off where the waves were breaking
below: one of many bridges that day with this stunning scenery
below: hallucination waterfall
below: ice cold Blue Pools. While the guys were debating whether to strip off and go in these freezing waters we were beaten to it by one of the Swedish girls!
below: destination reached!!: Lake Wanaka. This was the view from our hostel lounge where we ate chili con carne and chilled on the bench with coffee. It was so beautiful it didn't look real.
below: night out in the base bar. bus wars... stray vs kiwi experience. here some of the stray girls are singing shakira. L-R: Julia, Carolin, Lucy, Clare and Vicky.
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