Back down south
The three of us jumped on a coach from Christchurch to Mount Cook village last Thursday, blagging ourselves on to a luxury coach for a bargain fare. We didn't realise that we would hence join the Elderly Japanese Tourist Tour Coach Club, but our driver Brian's constant and informed commentary made it quite good fun. Along the way, we stopped at such exciting attractions as a 'sheepdog monument', which was just about as exciting as it sounds.
Anyway, we arrived in Mount Cook and the following day, after some deliberation, headed off on a daywalk up to Mueller Hut. The hut is 1000m or so above the village and offers great views of Mount Cook and the surrounding mountains. We were chuffed to be climbing above the cloud that was occupying the valley, to be treated to some amazing views.
We relaxed the next day, and the day after we took a bus down to Queenstown, after going on a short stroll up the valley. Mount Cook village is situated close to several glaciers and some of the highest mountains in the southern alps.
We're now in Queenstown and have planned to do three separate tramps in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow we embark on our trip which will involve tramping the Caples, Greenstone and Rees-Dart tracks, and throwing in a trip to Milford Sound somewhere in the middle. It's adventure time!
2 comments:
And I see that you are proudly wearing your Nevis Highwire Bungy Jump T-shirt - there's not many people that have survived the terrifying 134m, 8.5 second, freefall plunge, so make the most of the bragging rights amongst the Queenstown intelligentsia!
i can't wait to get down there! i've got a ticket that lets me buzz up and down the country as i like, so let me know when you land on the north island and how long you're going to be around for. oh, and what your plans are.
kudos for doing the nevis highwire - what was it like?
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