What's good for 100,000 people a year can not be bad, right? Time for me to do the most popular day hike in New Zealand, the Tongariro Alpine Crossing! I booked the earliest shuttle (driving to the mountain by car is not welcome) so I'm already in the lane at 5:15 am, about an hour before sunrise. Obviously I have ...
After I've unfortunately fallen in love with the Alps, I'm about 100% (does that work?) Behind my schedule (I've booked a continuation flight a long time ago). So now fix a few miles, not without the highlights on the way to collect: off to the West Coast. The Franz Josef Glacier is the most famous and for many of New Zealand's most impressive glaciers.
... Is the entry mainly because I ran out of superlatives so slowly - but I always need some !! Absolutely unreal beautiful nature that I was allowed to see during my trip to Mount Aspiring National Park! I have had to pinch myself several times and talk well. Oh well. The journey to the Matukituki Valley was entertaining: the night before ...