Mount Cook Travel Blogs

Before catching the bus to Oamaru, I took a walk up to the Red Tarns, half way up Mount Sebastapol. The walk starts off from the Public Shelter building.Pretty much steps all the way up, takes about an hour - maybe with a few stops to catch your breath and admire the views!

Beautiful country - I have to come back some day. MORE PHOTOS TO COME

After a night in a campsite, where we reluctantly parted with $13 each for the privilage, we were determined to do the rest of the trip on the cheap. So, with our super thrifty thinking caps on, we headed north towards Mount Cook; the tallest mountain in Australasia. After turning down a number of …

a map and some photos of my slightly unplanned trip around the world. The map outlines the general route I took, not counting the backtracking and double visits. Currently I am scanning some photos of this trip, but be patient, there are a lot of them! Argentina - Chile - Easter Island - French Polynesia - New Zealand - Australia - Bali - Hong Kong - Macau - Singapore

After a very early start on the boat we headed for Mt Cook which meant anorther 6 hour drive back along the road we came down only the previous day, passed Queenstown and on to Mt Cook. Its a good job I came for the stunning scenery. There really is nothing else ! Check out the photo…

drove to Mount Cook and spent a few hours playing in the snow (we don't get much of that here in SG.. okay?) :P

Auckland, Rotarua, Taupo, Christchurch Franz Josef and Queenstown

During our drive from Moeraki to Mt Cook we took a little detour to see the Elephant Rocks, some formations that with some imagination look like enormous sleeping beasts. They were used as Aslan's base camp in the Chronicles of Narnia. We also passed various lakes along the way, inc…

Was supposed to take the Trans-Alpine Express--on their website the call it TranZ-Alpine, like they from da hood--but that got cancelled, which is fine, I’m no longer a train traveler, certainly not for more than a couple of hours. Where’s the airport? Oh, it’s a float plane? Okay, where’s …

Our trip begins in South America, continues onto New Zealand, closely followed by Oz and finishing in South East Asia.

Hallo Hier sind die Fotos von Neuseelands Suedinsel...

Here are some pictures of my trip to New Zealand. I went to both North and South Island by rental car. Enjoy!!!

Auch heute morgen war das Läuten des Weckers vom Trommeln des Regens begleitet. Wir waren immer noch im Rangitata Valley, das wir eigentlich bei Sonnenschein sehen wollten. Wir haben darauf vertraut, daß sich das Wetter innerhalb der nächsten Stunden bessert und sind weiter ins Tal hineingefahre…