Sunday, April 5, 2009

49: South Island Tour: Part III: Milford Sound to Queenstown (14 Feb 2009)

Saturday the 14th seemed like an eternity. The days this time of year are extremely long, with the sun going down around 10 to 1030pm due to being so far south. We left early for Milford Sound, did the tour (see part II below) and then had to get straight back on the road to get to Queenstown before it got too late. NZ is so full of scenery that it's hard to keep to any semblance of a time table. It makes you want to stop at every beautiful panorama. We eventually pulled up to Queenstown and found that the entire place was booked out. All of the grungy backpackers hostels were full so we scouted around on foot and found a nice hotel which was reasonably priced when divided by three. Had a nice evening out relaxing and got to bed at a reasonable hour, only to get up early on Sunday to make the mad trek back to Dunedin to get my friends off to the airport.


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