Kayaking on milford was a bit treacherous today, but the combination with last week's doubtful sound experience really gave me a taste of the fiordlands. Drove through the Homer Tunnel today -- 20yrs in creation, making milford sound accessible by 1952. Stopped in the Gunn Camp Museum down the Holyford road at the end of the day, with lots of Homer Tunnel paraphernalia I'll share later . . .
Kayaking was my "splurge" activity -- though I'm mostly skimping on all the tourist traps (read: I did not see the glow worm caves). It's been blissfully inexpensive with the choices I've made, so I intend to return to Wellington April 8 to find a job and continue to see more of the south island until then. Tomorrow I head over to Queenstown to meet Liew again to drive up the west coast. Will revisit Franz Josef glacier (checking on retreat since my last visit in '97) and the free glow worm caves at Fox glacier + thermal pools. :) Will meet up with Homer-Kiwis later in the week.
Oh, did I mention BEGGS music stores? Charles Begg brought the first piano from england to NZ in the 1800s and the store is still going strong -- in all major cities. Here's the one I stumbled upon in Dunedin.
We're overjoyed that your birthday (which is still playing here) was such a success. It's refreshing to see the innocent omission of the apostrophe. Our fair land is rather overrun with its (or is that "it's?") gratuitous overuse. Keep on truckin', (I think that one is valid) girl!
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