Milford Sound & Mount Cook

Milford Sound is the place of dreams. It is seriously ethereal and hopefully some of these photos capture how it appeared to us. When we arrive, it was pouring and water was gushing everywhere; yet, it was more beautiful that way then in the sunlight when the mountains' waterfalls had receded. There are numerous walks around, but you can also take a short cruise around the sound which rewards you with even more amazing views and some lazy seals!





We made our way to Queenstown which is a great town albeit very touristy. It reminded us of other cute skiing towns like Zermatt in Switzerland. Then we made our way to Mount Cook, the highest mountain in Australasia with a beautiful conical peak. Kevin just informed me that it was used as "Mt Fuji" for the filming of "The Last Samurai" but I don't actually think they look that similar! On our way to Mt Cook, there was the most amazingly coloured lake (due to glaciers rubbing against the floor leaving a sediment residue that colours the water in this way).