Sunny day in Queenstown
It's been a bit cold weather lately but today we've been enjoying the sun and the unbelievable sights of Queenstown. As you can see from the pictures we've taken, this place is something close to heaven. The snow peaks of most of the mountains are only a few days old as the cold front from Tasmania pushed wet and cold winds and resulted in a nice snow cover on the mountain tops.After traveling for a few months in a warm climate (and yes Viki, the nights in Newham were warm compared to the ones we're experiencing in NZ at the moment) the cold weather is freezing even my thoughts. The cold seems to penetrate all the way to the bones and I feel like freezing in place unless i wear all the clothes I'm carrying with me. You might say that +5 degrees is not so bad but if you add up the strong winds you'll understand my point. I shouldn't be complaining though. The places we've seen have been so amazing that the cold is easy to forget. We also have a heater in the van so the breeze can be avoided during the night by camping at powered sites in camping grounds.
I've added a couple of new pictures which include atleast a few shots of sea lions and multiple waterfalls from Milford sounds. We've been travelling the south island down from Dunedin and all the way around the southern parts. There are a few pictures fron the most southern point of the South Island of NZ but I have to say that the quality of all the pictures from that point are not the best. The reason for this was the strong gusts of wind at the coast. I actually had to lean forward against the wind to not being knocked over by the wind. Try taking sharp pictures there?! Oh well. The sunset there was amazing. We also visited Milford Sounds for a day to take the cruise in there to see the fiords and the great waterfalls. Usually there are only two permanent waterfalls but now there were hundreds of waterfalls all over the Milford Sounds.
posted by Raine @ 6:20 AM
3 Comments:
Hei vaeltajat!
Olipa mahtavat maisemat etelässä!
Vuonomaisemat hätkähdyttivät tuttuudellaan, Norjassahan on samantapaisia maisemia .Tosin siellä ei ole ehkä noin paljon putouksia.- Ja miten siisti kaupunki tuo Qweenstown onkaan. Kuvat olivat todella hyviä.
Lähden nyt viikoksi Lappiin, Katti on Samilla hoidossa. Ihania lomapäiviä toivotellen äiti-Pirjo
Hei Carina ja Raine,
Teillä on ollut mahtavia seikkailuja ja kokemuksia ja odotan innolla kuulla lisää kertomuksia!
Täällä Suomessa on ollut todella upeita ja lämpimiä T-paita päiviä. Aurinko paistaa pilveettömältä taivaalta ja kevät on puhkeamassa kukkaan kovaa vauhtia. Surulliset uutiset ovat että olemme Börjen kanssa eronneet ja mieli on todella maassa nyt.
Elämä on täynnä yllätyksiä ja haasteita joita ei voi välttää.
Mutta kyllä se eräänä päivänä iloksi vielä muuttuu. Pitäkää huolta toisistanne ja oikein antoisaa seikkailua teille molemmille, t. Gabriella
Hej Gabi!
Sa ledsamt att hora om dig o Borje, det ar faktiskt inte latt alltid, for nagon. Man mast val ta en dag i taget o se vad som kommer. Vi skulle hemskt garna ha haft dig i familjen men hoppas vi kommer att stota pa varandra i alla fall!!! Helsingfors ar ju inte sa jatte stort... Kanske du hittar mig pa nan av dina jogakurser nan dag, jag gick pa endel harliga astangajoga timmar i Byron Bay, kom ihag att du hade rekommenderat det, o blev ganska into! (Fick tom Raine med pa en!)
Fint att ens ni har haft bra vader, har har det faktiskt varit ganska kallt ibland, fast vi aven har haft fina o soliga dagar. I overmorgon till Tonga, da borde det bli varmare =)
Skot om dig sa gott det gar,
-Carina,
o Raine halsar med
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