Pictures speak a thousand words and it's now heading fast towards midnight and I'm grateful for this all night internet cafe in Christchurch
But in a change of style for 'If Indiana Jones can do it ...' I'm going to try and shut up and let you absorb this post in a different way
It's enough to say that, after much looking, I've found the most stunning place on earth - really - and for now anyway - more dramatic than Yosemite National Park in California and Arches National Park in Utah - more mind blowing than Macchu Picchu in Peru - it's Fiordland National Park in the south west corner of New Zealand's South Island - and it's my favourite place on planet earth ...
Mirror lakes on a cold and crisp morning on the road from Te Anau to Milford Sound
The distant Mount Pembroke and Pembroke Glacier shrouded in cloud on the north side of Milford Sound (right)
This waterfall is just over 150m high and is situated right at the 'end' of Milford Sound
A beautiful morning on Milford Sound and Mitre Peak at 1692 metres soars out of the sea and through the clouds on the south of the fiord (left)
The view back towards the Te Anau to Milford Sound road from the middle of Milford Sound
And if you were wondering how I got these shots so close to the water it's because I saw Milford Sound by sea kayak and it's the only way to get a life changing experience so if you go please don't use a big boat...
(For the record a fiord is formed by a glacier pushing out to the sea while a sound is formed by river pushing out to the sea - fiords are U shaped and sounds are V shaped - Milford Sound is incorrectly named - as are other Sounds here - so Fiordland National Park was created and named to amend the problem!)
Please find 5 minutes in your life to study this link and plan your visit (I bet you'll thank me!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milford_Sound
2 comments:
Told you NZ would be awesome. Great photos, del will be proud of you. Managed to survive another week in teaching despite having to control a knife wheeleding 15 yr old maniac. It wouldn't have happened in our day. Golfing at 7.30 am. Early night.
swift
The world needs people like you to tell the pups differently Swift - hope he didn't wield it too close to you - I recommend a good head lock - hope you played well! x
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