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Lakes Of The Mackensie Country & Mount Cook

By on 15. March 2008 in New Zealand

 

Mount Cook, at 3.754 meters the highest mountain in Australasia, South Island, New Zealand

Mount Cook, at 3.754 meters the highest mountain in Australasia, South Island, New Zealand

Inland, up on the plateau of the Mackenzie Country, we suddenly came face to face with the incredible colour of Lake Tekapo, which together with barren hillside around create a strange landscape. This greenish colour remembered us so well of the lakes in the Parque Nacional Los Glaciares in South Patagonia. Because of the ongoing drought in the south of New Zealand, the landscape shows large patches that look parched. Continue Reading →

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Christchurch & Around

By on 14. March 2008 in New Zealand
Akaroa, Bank Peninsula, near Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

Akaroa, Bank Peninsula, near Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand

In Christchurch, a wild mixture of what seems Anglo-Saxon suburbia and modern ugly concrete, we spent most of our two days there getting used to New Zealand, looking for a rental car and getting Heidi new glasses (for those who do not follow our stories too closely, they were in a bag that was stolen at Mendoza bus terminal). Continue Reading →

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Christchurch – All Kinds Of Surprises

By on 13. March 2008 in New Zealand
Queenstown is only about "Adrenalone", South Island, New Zealand

Queenstown is only about “Adrenalone”, South Island, New Zealand

Riding the bus from the airport into the centre of Christchurch, we had a sensation similar to the one we experienced entering Argentina coming from Bolivia. Then, it was as if someone had beamed us back to Europe or at least close to there. This time, we felt a similar irritation: we felt utterly displaced after arriving from the Pacific Islands. Continue Reading →

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