New Zealand (Day 4)

While this day is technically not the day after Day 3, that's because Day 3.5 (as I shall henceforth call it) was a transit day.  The number one objective of that day was to get from Wanaka to Te Anau.  That involved a spectacular drive through the mountains (including a drive over the highest paved road in New Zealand), a stop in Arrowtown for a late lunch, and finally arriving in Te Anau in the evening.  Calling it a transit day is not to say it wasn't an absolutely awesome day, as mountain scenery is amazing, but other than just driving not too much happened.

Day four was the day we visited Milford Sound.  The whole south-western coast of the South Island is fjords and mountains, much like Scandinavia.  The drive there was amazing in and of itself, let alone the fjord.  We stopped by at the Mirror Lakes where the water is, well, a mirror.  Not a single ripple to mess up the reflection.

The rest of the drive was, as stated already, amazing.  Words really don't work in this situation so I'll let the pictures do the talking for you.  Bear in mind that the first two were taken from a moving vehicle.  That's what caused the blurring.

  

And yes you get a virtual cookie if you figure out the secret nature of these pictures.

Somewhat fortunately for me, Milford Sound really defies description.  There were mountains, waterfalls, water, some seals, some birds...all combined to make a wonderful amazing scene of awesomeness.  Again, words just don't serve here so I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

Also, just so you know New Zealand days 2-4 are part of week 13.