I travelled through the mountains, braving trains and vans with one brake light!
And was soon treated to the kind of countryside I love:
Before getting to Gillespies beach, 499.9km down the road! This was to be my home for the night (along with a few dozen fur seals!)
As I cooked my fine steak with roasted vegetables (cheers Berns!) the clouds lifted over the Fox glacier inland:
And then a fantastic sunset before going to bed with Michael Phelps.... his book!
Not bad eh?!
The next morning I walked along the beach to find the seals, but got a bit distracted by the scenery:
And bush, so never made it to the seals... I've seen heaps of seals but its been a while since I hacked around in the bush!
With awesome plants like these!
I then got on the road again and made my way through even more gorgeous bush!
And had to keep stopping to take pictures of it!
As well as the odd bumblebee which was getting battered in the wind.... it took a few attempts to get this!
There are heaps of lakes in the Southern Alps. I kept reading Mum's book which details where scenes from Lord of the Rings was filmed - not hard to imagine the movie is it?!
This was taken just before I got to Wanaka... more pics to follow...
I race this evening which is unusual, hence me wasting time in an internet cafe. The elites race straight after us and the race is entirely in the town, which is good for spectating. I have a few mates in the Ironman and half Ironman races tomorrow... An Ironman involves a 3.8km swim, 180km bike and a marathon - 42.2km!! I am very tempted to do it, but respect my wife too much to sacrifice so much time training!!
I hope 2010 has started well for one and all, despite the immense cold most of you have experienced!
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