Day 18: Climb every mountain, fiord every stream

This blog is coming a day late because I literally fell asleep while sorting through photos. This travelling business, I tell you, it's hard work.

Since I'm playing catch up here, forgive me if I give you a bit of a shortened account of the day.

I went on a cruise through Milford Sound. This involved a three-hour bus ride from Te Anau. Exactly five minutes on this bus reminded me exactly why I don't travel with other people.

We drove through Fiordland National Park, which was lovely - lots of native trees, towering mountains, and spidery waterfalls. We also stopped at the mirror lakes which was a nice little stop and showed off the wonderful effect I had hoped for at Lake Matheson.

Arriving at Milford Sound, we hopped on a boat that sailed out from the wharf right out to the Tasman Sea. It was a really beautiful location and immediately clear why it is one of the top destinations. There were thundering waterfalls, little teeny waterfalls, rainforest-covered mountains and cliffs. Everything looked truly otherworldly.

The two biggest highlights of the cruise were: seeing fur seals (!!)...

...and getting up extremely close to a waterfall. 

It was quite the whirlwind of sights, and getting back on that bus to come back to Te Anau was rather a challenge.


Animal Sightings:

• FUR SEALS!
• cows
• sheep
• horses
• very fluffy alpacas
• deer

Today's Playlist:
Do Go On #25: Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Do Go On #26: Y2K Bug
Do Go On #27: Ned Kelly
Every Little Thing: The Society on Your Face
Every Little Thing: Don't Underestimate the Flamingo
Every Little Thing: Dewey Decimal Drama
Every Little Thing: Chair, Misunderstood
Reply All #16: Why is Mason Reese Crying?
Reply All #17: The Time Traveller and the Hitman
Reply All #18: Silence and Respect
Science Rules #20: Complete World Knowledge
Science Rules #21: Why There's Nothing Odd About Queer
Unprompted and Unwanted #13


Daily Stats:
Kilometres Travelled: 286km (3544 in total)