We were diving deeper into the wild south island and that ment that our bones felt colder and colder. In Queenstown we had some VERY cold nights, actually one morning "Pierre II" woke up with his windows frozen... sooooo cold!! And there, we still haven't gotten to the very south part of the island. We where very happy to see that the next couple of nights were quite warm, compared to the Queenstown night. But we didn't escape from the rain that stayed by our side a lot of days. Despite the cold, Nicole decided to suprise me, and I imagine that herself also, taking off her clothes and running into a lake, enjoying a short but very intense swim. I put my feet into the water and it hurt because the water was so cold... This happened in Arrow Town, historical little city close to Queenstown where we visited an exposition of classic cars that as you know I have a passion for.
Queenstown and Taupo are the most famous cities for adrenaline activities. If you want to jump off a bridge, you can. If what you want is to jump out off an airplane, you can. There are some many possibilities. Unfortunately we didn't enjoy any of these "calm" activities... I think because we didn't drink enough of beer...;-)
We spent a day in Te Anau, the last town before going to Milford Sound, we did part of the Kepler track and where we were surrounded by so much green... the forest was just the greenest forest we've ever seen, with branches also full of green plants and every where you looked you saw moss. Really beautiful.
Returning from Milford Sound we almost ran into a herd of sheep in the middle of the road. When the sheep are on the road the shepherd turns into the traffic police. You have to wait until the sheep get to their destination, there are no hurries and no stress. The sheep go first... It was a great experience for us!! Sheep power!!
(Esta parte de la película My Globe Upside Down se rodó entre el 1 y el 11 de mayo)
Nos adentrábamos todavía más en la salvaje isla sur y eso significaba que el frío se apoderaba de nosotros y de "Pierre II". En Queenstown concretamente pasamos unas noches muy frías. Hubo una mañana en la que "Pierre II" se despertó con los cristales literalmente congelados... Qué frío! Y eso que todavía no habíamos llegado al sur de la isla! Para nuestra alegría, las siguientes noches fueron menos frías, eso sí, la lluvia nos acompañó durante muchos días en nuestro viaje por tierras neozelandesas. A pesar del frío, Nicole, decidió sorprendiendome a mi y a si misma, imagino, quitarse la ropa de repente y correr hacia un lago para disfrutar de un corto, frío e intenso bañito. Yo metí los pies y me dolían del frío.... Esto sucedió en Arrow Town, histórico pueblo cercano a Queenstown en el que vimos una concentración de coches clásicos que como sabéis adoro.
Queenstown es junto a Taupo la ciudad de riesgo de NZ. Si te apetece tirarte desde un puente, puedes. Si lo que quieres es lanzarte desde un avión también puedes! Hay infinidad de actividades para quemar adrenalina, como por ejemplo subirte en una lancha y navegar como si de un Formula 1 se tratase. Nosotros sin embargo no disfrutamos de estas "tranquilas actividades" ya que no bebimos lo suficiente... ;)
Pasamos un día en Te Anau, último pueblo antes de Mildford Sound. Allí hicimos parte del "Kepler track" y verde que te quiero verde... bosques repletos de verde, los troncos de los árboles verdes, las ramas verdes, la tierra verde, en cualquier rincón crecía musgo. Precioso.
