DAY 14: Amazing Milford Sound

From NZ - Day 14

TE ANAU -- Amazing. Amazing. Amazing.

I took a cruise on the Milford Sound today and it was amazing.

It was raining like crazy, but that made it all that more magical.

It is impossible to describe... but let me try. Imagine entering a valley where on all sides you are surrounded by a thousand waterfalls. That is somewhat what it was like.

Since there was so much rain waterfalls dropped off the tops of the mountains in the Milford Sound. It was just amazing. When I say thousands, I mean thousands. Imagine driving 60 miles and being surrounded by waterfalls the entire time. Just amazing.

And that was just the drive into the Milford Sound. When I got to the sound itself I boarded a cruise ship for a two-hour venture.

It was a nice and very wet tour. It was raining like crazy.

The mist of the rainfalls off the mountains created whiteout conditions in some parts and I got crazy wet trying to take pictures.

My camera also got a little wet and I had to keep cleaning the lens with a sock that I threw in my bag.

Since it was so wet I could barely take any of the photos I wanted. You can check out a bunch of photos in my web album from today, but none of them do the place justice.

It was amazing.

I am staying the night in Te Anau at a YHA Hostel. In the morning I am being picked up for another Fiordland trip to a place called Doubtful Sound. It will be an all-day trip.

After that I am heading toward Queenstown.

Nate, your right the South Island is kicking my ass. Cheers.