Te Anau, visiting with Whenshan

We have just left the “Real Journey” centre with Wenshan where we bought our ticket for one overnight cruise in Doubtful Sound! I’m excited to do that together because it will be certainly a great experience :-). And we are lucky because we are in off season since one week. When I was in Queenstown, I asked the price for one day cruise to for the same place and it was 270$! But then, today we’ve paid 254$ for two! Isn’t that nice? Yes it is! Tickets in our pockets, we are now ready for a visit because the trip is going to start tomorrow morning at ten o’clock. The lake Te Anau looks smooth and quiet this morning.

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Mavora lakes > Te Anau (81km, 4h15)

This night was cold, very cold. I was limit limit in my sleeping bag and I can feel the with the winter coming! I opened my tent this morning and : What a sky! So blue! My tent is covering by a thin layer of ice and I can’t find a way for reheat my fingers. Every two minutes I have to stop packing my stuff and make a break front of the sun because my hands are so cold!

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Mavora lakes, day off (13km, 1h10)

This night was raining and it still the same now. I’ve kept my food next to me this night so I don’t need to move outside :-) I hope the weather will be better in few hours… Fortunately I’ve got something to read : “20000 leagues under the sea” by Jules Vernes. I’ve started with “80 days around the world” and then “Travel to the centre of the earth” and now I’m reading a third one :-)

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Queenstown > Mavora Lakes (60km, 4h20)

Hey, finally after one week spend in Queenstown I’ve catch the steamer boat toward Walter Peak. From there I’m going to cycle through the valley until Mavora Lakes. I’m going to test also my new camera :-) I bought a Gopro camera to make different movie style. It’s possible to attach it in many different place and it works even until 60 metres under the see! Cool!

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Queenstown, bloggy day

Today, I didn’t something really interesting. It’s an serious organised day because of… So, in this city, there is free WiFi, Cool! Thank you :-) But I’ve got not enough battery in my tablet to stay outside all the day and upload my videos and pictures or whatever. So, during the morning the mission is : charging the battery to the library because I can plug my tablet there for free but they don’t have WiFi. During that time I’m reading and then, when it’s full I go in the city centre to get a connection. After a while, I get cold and then I come back in my campsite to eat and sleep.
Then, the surprise of the day is this animal : an Hedgehog. I was in my tent when I heard something play guitar with the spokes of my wheels… What is that? I take my torch, unzip my tent and pass just the head outside to see what’s going on. Then, I see an Hedgehog with its head stuck in a kind of MacDonald’s paper glass. It couldn’t see where it was going but it could smell the food! So I took the bottle, not the head chuck (I’m not crazy) and I threw it away. And then, I’ve got a problem because of the weight of the animal I’ve just separated the glass from the cap. And now, this poor animal is destined to live with that wonderful necklace… In one hand it’s funny because he looks so ridiculous haha :-). Maybe it could receive the radio or even the satellite! No it’s not funny sorry… On the over hand this poor animal won’t survive for a long time maybe. At least, now it is a special one… Finally, good night :-)