Before we made our way to Lake Tekapo, we visited in Wanaka or the puzzle-World. It was ren of a puzzle fan in his 40 (!) Before about 17 years built up, he sold his house for it to pursue this dream. As you see, dreams come true when you're according radical: the Puzzle World is now one of the landmarks of Wanaka and every day hundreds of visitors flock there. It consists of a walk-in maze of wooden fences, a crazy, crooked and a clock tower (from outside) chaotic building complex where you can visit all sorts of illusions.
On the way Tekapo direction you pass barren, steppe-like terrain, until finally making the glaciers of the Southern Alps noticeable, all perched on the Fox Glacier. Prior to these wonderful mountains, stretching from the unreal turquoise shimmering Lake Pukaki, which gets its color from the glacier-worn rock airborne particles. Even the ubiquitously existing Alpine Lupin round off almost kitsch landscape. After about 40 minutes, our goal is finally reached, we obtain a cabin with a direct view of the (not so) turquoise Lake Tekapo - what more could you want.
We can not cook in the cabin must, in the community kitchen , Dodge and meet one expatriate Styrian, a large family from the USA and Christians from England. Even a young Chinese man, crosses both islands by bicycle, speaks to us. Here you get equal time with each conversation - Camping moderate level.
As our international friends who are often the driving force for some field trip, meet in a few days, first of all we enjoy the lazy. Later we also
visit the observatory on the mountain right at the lake. Apparently the air is most clearly, I myself have never seen so many stars in the sky as here, a glass of wine you can enjoy the wonderful. On
8.1. made we then on a long journey towards the North: Christ Church (where we at Spencer Park - made a barbecue for lunch - our two-month domicile) to Kaikoura.
stayed where we (thankfully) only one night in a tiny cabin next to the highway. This is the main traffic artery, and the huge trucks thundering through our room at night - it came before us, anyway. Otherwise Kaikoura
is wildly romantic: on the one hand, the often rough sea and danebne equal to the other side of high mountains. In between, the Highway No. 1 and the rail line - pure claustrophobia!
We had not much time to enjoy the sights and went on Blenheim (where we went to a Subway, the only fast food restaurant that Sabine tolerate less) of Nelson to Motueka, right on the Abel Tasman National Park. Thus, the (penultimate) Tortour was first made. From Tasmania, we will tell you next time!
Here you can see our route: is green from Cromwell to Lake Tekapo, red - to Kaikoura, Motueka blue to
On the way from Cromwell Tekapo:
views of Lake Pukaki (at Twizel) and in the background of the Fox Glacier
Lake Tekapo with the Church of the Good Shepard
Lake Tekapo seen from the observatory
Special Evening at Lake Tekapo
Until next time!