Drama? Why must it end like it has started?
Only the thought that it could happened worse, let me smile a bit more. Luckily i bought the evening before a bunch of beer and ice
Category: New Zealand
get my HeArts shipped, arrived in Christchurch
In my case the volume-weight counted due to the size of the parcel and the calculated rate for shipping would be 36kg (1000NZD!). The man behind the desk seemed already to know that face from different customers and he was really friendly and already had an plan
The unexpected slow way back to Christchurch
Hiking along the valley some signs gave an good impression what this glacier must have looked like years before. Yes, “must have looked liked”, there wasn’t much pretty left of the huge glacier
Hike with overnight at the Mueller Hut and glaciers
Usually the easiest an mountain up, is going in serpentines from left to right, less steep and more meters. Somebody had here the great idea to do exactly the opposite. Almost straight the mountain up, using stairs, some of them about very steep
Gold panning in Arrowton, heading to Mueller Hut
The next morning was the coldest ever! 2 degrees celsius, based on the chill factor
Routeburn Glenorchy side as a day hike
After this experience of the Routeburn an it’s 32km, you can really do this as an good day hike, if you start very early in the morning, with a small day equipment…
Milford Sounds; ducks sweet sour, please; first leg of Routeburn
It was one of this days, where these mirror lakes should be perfect. Sunny day, no wind at all, beautiful mountains covered in snow, almost the best situation to get an postcard shot. Really
Gold panning in Arrowtown and the Arrow River
Arrowtown? Arrow River? Arrowood? Arrowhead? hm, everything i like starts with “arrow” 🙂
two days in Dunedin
nice buildings, chocolate, beer and the steepest street on the world
a short stopover in Christchurch
Still a lot of houses on the ridge standing damaged and partial over the ridge. My navigation system wasn’t that up to date, so there i had a lot of detours to drive to get to my destination