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South Pacific - part II

Christchurch, Arthur's Pass, The glaciers, Milford Sound, Mount Cook, Abel Tasman National Park, Wellington, Tongariro National Park, Bay of Islands, Auckland

Hector Yague
2005-10-09 15:46:17

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of time as myself, so we joint-ventured our respective enterprises. A new friendship had been just forged, and Felix was to become my travel companion during the following weeks.

So we went on a night out to celebrate our brand new partnership, and as we were playing pool we somehow got involved with this colorful group of locals and ended up few hours later in a karaokee club dedicated to the glory of the classics from the 80's (Bananarama, New Kids on the Block, Eurithmics and the rest of the troupe). Weeeeeird experience, I tell you!

Anyway, Felix and I spent one more day visiting the city's must-see like the Botanic Gardens, the Canterbury Museum (don't miss this one out if in Christchurch, it kicks big ass) and stuff like that before we collected our mighty white-color Nissan Pulsar from the car rental and off we drove into this awesome country called New Zealand!

Arthur's Pass

On our way towards the West coast's glaciers, we drove across the Canterbury plains and over the Arthur's Pass, linking both sides of the Southern Alps. The Southern Alps are so called because of their resemblance with the alpine scenery characteristic of the European Alps.

We stopped along the way for some beautiful treks around these pristine surroundings, spending the night at a guesthouse atop the Pass. Trekking up the mountains certainly is one of the most popular activities here in New Zealand for this is a tramper's paradise. The landscape vistas are just unbeatable if hiking is your thing.

Felix and I took another demanding trek at Arthur's Pass reaching the snow level of one of the area's summits. I reckon I am gaining my shape back fit after a rather lazy month in Australia. Once atop, we treated ourselves with a well-deserved home-made ham'n'cheese sandwich!

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