8220 Glaciers lakes and extreme sports 8221 Annemarie demp 8217 s photos around Queenstown New Zealand
A TripAdvisor acirc cent TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Queenstown New Zealand by TravelPod blogger Annemarie demp titled quot Glaciers lakes and extreme sports quot Annemarie demp s travel blog entry quot After Kaikoura we headed to Nelson the sunshine capital of the south island We spent four nights there Our hostel was nice and we were given free chocolate pudding and ice cream every evening I didn t like the pudding but it was the first hostel that we have stayed in that you get something nice for free We went to Abel Tasman National Park which is a gorgeous place to spend a day There are several hikes that you can do in Abel Tasman we did the 12 4 kilometre hike some of the hikes take five to seven days To get to the national park we were brought by bus and then catamaran It was a lovely sunny day with a nice blue sky I didn t really know what to expect We were told to bring our own food for lunch as there are no shops in the park We docked in Anchorage and spent a few minutes just admiring the view Then the tough part walking up the steep hill Each step gave us a gorgeous view so I worked through the pain and panting The views really were something else looking down to lovely blue and green water with speed boats and sail boats just making their way across the water We were walking through forested areas where it was nice and shaded from the sun and every so often we would get to a nice bay Each bay was worth the sharp decline as they were usually lovely peaceful desserted areas We stopped for our lunch at one Although the sun was shining and it was warm enough to walk around in tracksuit bottoms and a t shirt the sea was very cold An albatross bird decided to join us for lunch which was a rare experience for us When we were finished our walk we had a look at some wooden carvings The person that did them made some of the musical instruments for the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings When we left Nelson we stopped off in Punakaiki to see the pancake rocks and blowholes The tide was out so the blowholes weren t very exciting The pancake rocks looked like a scaled down version of the twelve apostles in Australia After spending a few days in the sunshine it was bit of a shock to the system when we got to freezing Greymouth It was a compulsory stop over and there s not a lot to do there We stayed in a hostel called Noah s Ark every room has a theme of a different animal Ours was a cow and it was really well decorated with cow print curtains blankets a cow windchime cow ornaments and even some cows painted on the walls We stayed in Franz Josef for one night It was bit of an action packed day for us We arrived in the afternoon and did a half day hike up the Franz Josef glacier which was a bit of hard work It stared with being told that we had to wear socks that they provided We were kitted out in socks boots jackets waterproof trousers and campons spikes that go over the boots for walking on ice for our hike We were also advised to dress warmly with three layers of tops under the jacket The M Auml ori name for the glacier is Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere The tears of Hinehukatere arising from a local legend Hinehukatere loved climbing in the mountains and persuaded her lover Tawe to climb with her Tawe was a less experienced climber than Hinehukatere but loved to accompany her until an avalanche swept Tawe from the peaks to his death Hinehukatere was broken hearted and her many many tears flowed down the mountain and froze to form the glacier The glacier is bit of an optical illusion when it is within your view it looks very close but in reality it was 2 8 kilometres away As we are travelling on a tour bus we have got to meet a few nice people and we were all doing the same tour We were divided into three groups and so Jenny was with us To get to the glacier we had to walk through a forested area which involved a bit of climbing and crossing streams which resulted in being roasting but knowing you shouldn t take any of the layers off because it would be cold on the glacier There were also a few large waterfalls that were pretty cool Before quot Read and see more at http www travelpod com travel-blog-entries annemarie demp 1 1238549400 tpod html Photos from this trip 1 quot Anchorage abel tasman national park quot 2 quot Abel tasman national park quot 3 quot Pancake rocks quot 4 quot Optical illusion franz josef glacier quot 5 quot Franz josef glacier quot 6 quot John going through the cave quot 7 quot Cool little window in glacier quot 8 quot Skydiving in wanaka quot 9 quot Just relaxing admiring the view quot 10 quot Lake wanaka quot 11 quot Ferg quot 12 quot Queenstown quot 13 quot View from our garden in queenstown quot 14 quot Get the gondola up quot See this TripWow and more at http tripwow tripadvisor com tripwow ta-00c3-b3d0-76d6 ytv4 1Brought to you by Pinoy Channel - The Pinoy Youtube (Pinoy Videos, Pinoy Movies, Philippines TV, Pinoy TV, Pinoy Multimedia Sharing)
A TripAdvisor acirc cent TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Queenstown New Zealand by TravelPod blogger Annemarie demp titled quot Glaciers lakes and extreme sports quot Annemarie demp s travel blog entry quot After Kaikoura we headed to Nelson the sunshine capital of the south island We spent four nights there Our hostel was nice and we were given free chocolate pudding and ice cream every evening I didn t like the pudding but it was the first hostel that we have stayed in that you get something nice for free We went to Abel Tasman National Park which is a gorgeous place to spend a day There are several hikes that you can do in Abel Tasman we did the 12 4 kilometre hike some of the hikes take five to seven days To get to the national park we were brought by bus and then catamaran It was a lovely sunny day with a nice blue sky I didn t really know what to expect We were told to bring our own food for lunch as there are no shops in the park We docked in Anchorage and spent a few minutes just admiring the view Then the tough part walking up the steep hill Each step gave us a gorgeous view so I worked through the pain and panting The views really were something else looking down to lovely blue and green water with speed boats and sail boats just making their way across the water We were walking through forested areas where it was nice and shaded from the sun and every so often we would get to a nice bay Each bay was worth the sharp decline as they were usually lovely peaceful desserted areas We stopped for our lunch at one Although the sun was shining and it was warm enough to walk around in tracksuit bottoms and a t shirt the sea was very cold An albatross bird decided to join us for lunch which was a rare experience for us When we were finished our walk we had a look at some wooden carvings The person that did them made some of the musical instruments for the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings When we left Nelson we stopped off in Punakaiki to see the pancake rocks and blowholes The tide was out so the blowholes weren t very exciting The pancake rocks looked like a scaled down version of the twelve apostles in Australia After spending a few days in the sunshine it was bit of a shock to the system when we got to freezing Greymouth It was a compulsory stop over and there s not a lot to do there We stayed in a hostel called Noah s Ark every room has a theme of a different animal Ours was a cow and it was really well decorated with cow print curtains blankets a cow windchime cow ornaments and even some cows painted on the walls We stayed in Franz Josef for one night It was bit of an action packed day for us We arrived in the afternoon and did a half day hike up the Franz Josef glacier which was a bit of hard work It stared with being told that we had to wear socks that they provided We were kitted out in socks boots jackets waterproof trousers and campons spikes that go over the boots for walking on ice for our hike We were also advised to dress warmly with three layers of tops under the jacket The M Auml ori name for the glacier is Ka Roimata o Hinehukatere The tears of Hinehukatere arising from a local legend Hinehukatere loved climbing in the mountains and persuaded her lover Tawe to climb with her Tawe was a less experienced climber than Hinehukatere but loved to accompany her until an avalanche swept Tawe from the peaks to his death Hinehukatere was broken hearted and her many many tears flowed down the mountain and froze to form the glacier The glacier is bit of an optical illusion when it is within your view it looks very close but in reality it was 2 8 kilometres away As we are travelling on a tour bus we have got to meet a few nice people and we were all doing the same tour We were divided into three groups and so Jenny was with us To get to the glacier we had to walk through a forested area which involved a bit of climbing and crossing streams which resulted in being roasting but knowing you shouldn t take any of the layers off because it would be cold on the glacier There were also a few large waterfalls that were pretty cool Before quot Read and see more at http www travelpod com travel-blog-entries annemarie demp 1 1238549400 tpod html Photos from this trip 1 quot Anchorage abel tasman national park quot 2 quot Abel tasman national park quot 3 quot Pancake rocks quot 4 quot Optical illusion franz josef glacier quot 5 quot Franz josef glacier quot 6 quot John going through the cave quot 7 quot Cool little window in glacier quot 8 quot Skydiving in wanaka quot 9 quot Just relaxing admiring the view quot 10 quot Lake wanaka quot 11 quot Ferg quot 12 quot Queenstown quot 13 quot View from our garden in queenstown quot 14 quot Get the gondola up quot See this TripWow and more at http tripwow tripadvisor com tripwow ta-00c3-b3d0-76d6 ytv4 1Brought to you by Pinoy Channel - The Pinoy Youtube (Pinoy Videos, Pinoy Movies, Philippines TV, Pinoy TV, Pinoy Multimedia Sharing)
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