After leaving Dunedin behind in the morning, we drove a few hours to Te Anau which is on the West side of the southern part of the island. I navigated in the front seat while we listened to various iPods and Harry Potter 6, which Emma had on audiobook (more on this later). The little town of Te Anau is essentially where everyone goes if they want to go up to Milford Sound or Doubtful Sound. It reminded me so much of Grand Lake, CO, with the tiny main street and several lodges to stay on the lake. The YHA hostel in Te Anau was great, mainly because I spent an afternoon reading by the fire (I love vacation).
We were in Te Anau for 2 nights, so the next day the 4 of them went up and took a Milford Sound Cruise and saw dolphins! I didn’t go, but spent the day relaxing and relocating hostels to one down the road, which came to be known as the Holocaustel because of the large Star of David engraved into the wall and the fact that we had about 1 pot and 2 spoons in our kitchen and one rickety ladder to split between two bunk beds. Needless to say, it was not my favorite. But (as it always was in NZ) it was beautiful by the lake and we had fun with it. The next morning we drove up to Queenstown (the adventure capital of the world) which was (yet) another one of my favorite places.
By this point, we are about halfway through with the NZ trip. If you’d like to take a break, perhaps grab a snack and return after intermission, you may. Too bad you don’t have homemade chocolate Kahlua ice cream from Wanaka…
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I seriously think you get wittier with you each post!
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