Yesterday we left the beautiful lake town of Queenstown and
headed north by coach. We made some picture stops along our way to Mt
Cook/Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest mountain. What surprised me was how brown
the hills were. I had remembered New Zealand’s south island as mountains and
green grass for all the sheep. There was a period where we did not think we
were going to see Mt Cook because of fog but in a 5 minute period it lifted and
there were blue skies to go along with the blue lake and there are several of
them. Lake Pukaki, as you drive along on your way to Mt Cook has that gorgeous
glacier blue green water.
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| At 12,316 ft., Mt. Cook is New Zealand's tallest mountain |
After lunch at the Hermitage, we continued on to Lake Tekapo and saw the Church of the Good Shepard and the bronze statue of the collie dog. In Geraldine, there was a shopping stop before ending the day in Christchurch.
Although it was dark, I took a taxi ride around the area still closed off due
to the earthquake damage. I had been told it was 4 blocks of the city center
but learned first hand it is a much greater area.
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