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New Zealand: a wondrous experience so far.




We arrived - after 24 hours of flight, no less - in Christchurch. Which is still heavily earthquake afflicted. Just look at the Cathedral:

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Mind you, we only remained there for one afternoon and the night. Enough for a stroll (and some gruesome Heavenly Creatures reflections), but no more. The next morning, we took off towards the interior, to be precise, to Lake Tekapo, where we enjoyed the Grand Traverse, which is a flight over a magnificent series of mountains and glaciers. It starts thusly:

Lake Tekopa Beginn photo SAM_1569_zpshexysefg.jpg

The Godley River and the Godley Glaciers

Die Godley-Gletscher photo SAM_1578_zpswmumuuou.jpg


The lighting of the beacons sequence from The Return of the King used these mountains, and no wonder. I mean:

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Murchison-Gletscher photo SAM_1598_zps6h2o9qtx.jpg

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From Mount Cook's side (more Mount Cook to come) heading back to lake territory:

Aoraki mit Blick auf Seen photo SAM_1608_zpsudnh6n4w.jpg

The Mackenzie District:

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Going down again:

Lake Tekopa photo SAM_1622_zpsbu6zoxzl.jpg

Having done this, we did part of it again, only by car, for our destination for the night was Aoraki, aka Mount Cook. This is the view that greets you as you approach:
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Abschied Aoraki photo SAM_1666_zps0bc53doe.jpg

What you do once there is, of course, hiking, to admire glaciers close up. Well, what's left of them, as in the case of the Tasman glacier:

Tasman-Gletscher Seee photo SAM_1640_zpshmx6wt2q.jpg

While the Glacier lake next to Mount Sefton looks prettier but is still a testimony to climate change:

Gletschersee und Aoraki photo SAM_1664_zps2tgqrssc.jpg


And of course the ever present Aoraki (the Maori name for the mountain). This is what I call my Toblerone shot:

Mount Cook alias Aoraki photo 20170316_160708_zpsgdvuhljj.jpg

The next morning, we said goodbye to Mount Cook and the nearby Mount Sefton as the sun rose and the moon hadn't set yet:

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Mount Sefton und Aoraki photo SAM_1648_zpsbvjin40t.jpg


Mount Sefton:
Sonnenaufgang Mount Sefton photo SAM_1646_zps0gbagjik.jpg

Aoraki:

Mount Cook bei Sonnenaufgang photo SAM_1649_zpsosfhlb7p.jpg

Coming up next: Queenstown, Isengard and Lothlorien!
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