New Zealand (July 2003)

A friend and I hired a car and decided to drive to Milford sound. Unfortunately a huge avalanche covered the only access road and we never reached it. It had been snowing and raining for days before. We were still very lucky though because the views along the road were incredible.
On the road to Milford Sound.
All day we were confronted with views like this. It seemed that we were always pulling the car at the side of the road to check out the view. The photo above is a great example of the glacial valleys, lakes, lush forests and snow covered mountains that are abundant on the South Island.


This photo was taken from the top of Cadrona Ski fields near Wanaka. The view over the clouds was amazing and every now and then a hole would appear in the clouds giving a window to the amazing scenes to the lake and valley below. Unlike anything else in the world.