6th September - Wired for sound and unloved...

Unloved, because Liz spends a lot of time on the phone most evenings and when we phone home the answer machine sends its love after the beep obviously... (I think 6 am might catch parents at a suitable phone answering time)...

We are still in Te Anau, proboably because we haven't been to the Milford Sounds yet. To the uneducated, yes you Nigel, Sounds are big hills around rivers that are created by glaciers. Though to be picky Milford Sounds aren't sounds they are Fiords or Fjords for the herdy gerdy Europeans like the Dutch, damn crazy people.

So Fjording we went. All in all a dull day, we were in a minivan with old people and we stopped every 30 minutes to go to the toilet. BBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTTTT

The mini bus was personal, the driver was great and took us to the greatest scenery alive, including Lord of the Rings fields and massive chasms.

He also made the day really easy. We got shoved onto a boat at Milford and set out to see the sounds. They are just amazing. Geology people would have needed new underwear, especailly when they would have seen the glacial striation and the rocks that looked like gold but apparently weren't gold but harboured gold somewhere underneath...

Even the people on the Kiwi Experience bus, those that were treating NZ like a different Ibiza, were bored of the journey but perked up for the sounds. This place is just so different it is unreal. Beautiful and untouched in every way, very, very, very rare for this world. 98% clean water from the snow and tiny remaining glaciers, as well as a sheltered area for rare penguins to breed alongside seals. The place speaks for itself.

After we got back to the hostel, with a little snooze from all 3, we met up with an Irish couple, Fergus and Jill, who we'd met in Yosemite national park. Another chance happening but a good one none the less again.

Queenstown tomorrow. Queenie rocks!

Laters

Pricey

P.S. I saw a place called Mirror lake and saw a sign upside down. I complained until I looked at the water where the mirror image made it clear to all, other than the coach load of Japanese people behind me. I got mocked.

P.P.S. Sarah wanted to go to the Moose Bar and Resterant, she then then pointed right at it and said 'I want the Moose' just as an unfortunately ugly lady passed between her pointing finger and the pub.