Monday, November 07, 2005

Tramping the Milford Track

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In New Zealand, it's not "hiking," it's "tramping." Despite my misgivings about our reputations, Amy and I decided that going "tramping" was a good thing.

The night before we left, a friend came to visit our hostel room ...



The scenery as you drive from Queenstown to Te Anau (starting point for the trek) is breathtaking ...



We went for a chilly boat ride to the trailhead ...



Those mountains look awful cold!



Guess who likes boat rides???



We disembarked and started the twenty-minute walk to the first lodge, the Glade House ...

3 comments:

Regan said...

Given Amy's track record this trip, I hope the cat didn't pee on her. ;)

Anonymous said...

Woooo. what scenery! The one boat pic taken at an angle nearly made me quesy. Was it cold up in them there hills?

TT wants to meet the cat!

Niko and He Who Is Pee Free

Anonymous said...

TT wanted me to remind you that because GVTC kept me off line for weelks all of my cooments on the blog were made whilst you were tramping.

He also said that he would NEVER pee on Amee.

Niko