NZ day 8
our drive towards milford
two highlights today! one of them our short stop at a backpackers in milton. the happy inn backpackers it was called. i would recommend anyone who passes through to visit or stay there. i dont know about prices really but a shower is 4$ and very worth it!
we just went there for the shower and to clean our dishes. the owner of the hostel was a very smart, inspiring and happy man. he’s originaly swiss. in ’94 he came to new zealand by bike. europe – india – china – indonesia – australia and eventually new zealand. it took him a year. now he owns this small but cozy hostel for some years with a own build fire heated bath tub & sauna. advice of the day was live day by day and a whole theory behind it. when he finished the theory he said; ah well it works for me, it doesnt really matter if it works or not for anyone else…
but i guess his theory has a point. even though i like to think about the past and the future.
i caught him being very interested in the history of religion. it was pretty interesting. he had a book about the survival of jezus and his death of old age in india. a professor in history of religion had written the book with a life time of studies behind him. the title very catching and something to think about but not now. maybe when the time is right;)
eventually we wanted to give him 15$ instead of 12$. at first he didnt want to accept it but quickly ran off saying he had something for us. he came back with home made bread. delicious! 15$ we gave him, a thankful goodbye and we were back on the road again.
eventually our drive close to milford some very very spectacular mountains! especially the end was an amazing drive. from te anau till milford. jaw dropping!
tomorrow morning at 9 our milford cruise!
NZ Day 9
7:42am – rain..
at nine starts our cruise. fingers crossed.
and we missed our cruise.. haha. luckily they’d put us on the next one which was 2 hours later. and so we decided to watch the first half of lord of the rings 2! the cruise was pretty amazing. a lot of clouds and rain but therefor a lot of waterfalls. we were a bit dissappointed at first with the rain but this negative turned into a positve when we saw twice the amount of waterfalls the mountains normally produces on sunny days. they say you need to do this cruise three times. after heavy rainfall, blue sky & snow.
there were seals & dolphins too who were very playful. always cool to see them drop by.
back from our cruise we finished watching lord of the rings and now on our way towards queenstown!
yesterday i lost one of my flip flops along the way to milford. i was a little bit upset losing it cause they’ve pretty much been everywhere i went this year. yea yea i know sounds stupid. i got them for free anyway and on them there’s a small label of corona and i dont even like beer! as i said a little bit… now on our way out about three hours away from milford i found it again ha! still driving to queenstown!
stopped about 20 mins from queenstown. its 19:30. camp here tonight and tomorrow morning we’ll jump into the city and around.