Marlborough to Milford
There is so much scenery here it gets hard to take it all in; and the camera lens is frequently not wide enough. The best bits from the last week are probably in the Buller Gorge (watch the video) and Glacier albums. I was hoping to celebrate my 30th birthday with a skydive over Lake Wanaka but the wind put pay to it all at the last minute and I had to make do with a few beers instead.
Today I made it to Milford Sound; some say it’s the eighth wonder of the world and it’s certainly famous for it’s rain - an annual fall of over five times that of London. It’s also home to thousands of fish, seals and dolphins who all seem to dutifully perform daily for boat loads of tourists armed with cameras. Many pictures of all that and the scenic route from Ta Anou are currently sitting in the memory card waiting for an upload-friendly internet cafe.
It’s been impossible for me to avoid making the comparison between Milford and Lake Bled in Slovenia. Milford definitely has the edge and superiority of scale when it comes to natural scenery but Bled has the distinct cultural advantage with it’s historic clifftop castle and churches. Bled gave me the photogenic winter weather but unfortunately for the camera Milford gave me what it’s famous for - bucketloads of rain.
Don’t forget to drop by the gallery.
