{"id":322,"date":"2009-05-04T19:44:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T03:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2009-05-30T12:36:21","modified_gmt":"2009-05-30T20:36:21","slug":"the-milford-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Day 17: The Milford Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"

I slept for a brief amount of time, and then had a very early breakfast again at the Dairy on April 15th with an incredible sunrise:<\/p>\n

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The BBQ Milford Sound tour bus picked me up at 7:15… the tour guide rocked, knew all the best places to stop along the way to the Milford Sound, told dry meat-eater friendly jokes that I think I only got (e.g. check out the hamburgers up on the right, when pointing to a large field of cows). Well, he was much funnier in his rendition than I am in repeating it. And he prepared a mean BBQ!<\/p>\n

The bus was mostly filled with Japanese and Korean tourists, and a few people from the UK. I sat near a German high school student spending a year in New Zealand learning English, and a girl from Scotland spending many months in New Zealand as her Mom is kiwi.<\/p>\n

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I’ll let the scenery along the way speak for itself:<\/p>\n

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Finally, we arrived at the Milford Sound, which I think is probably the most beautifully preserved place I’ve ever seen. We took a two hour boat cruise which got a bit rough near the ocean side. It rained a bit near the end, which caused the waterfalls to come to life. I can’t really go this place justice, so here are some pictures and videos that attempt to capture the essence of this incredible place.<\/p>\n

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I basically never wanted to leave, but I had a 4-hour bus ride back ahead of me. I considered taking a helicopter or small plane back (there’s no view on the bus at night), but the storm that arrived eliminated that option. Instead, I got to watch a movie on board, “The Fastest Indian”, which was a great story about an old school kiwi engineer that set the speed record for a motorcycle… it did an outstanding job of capturing the essence of Los Angeles in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

When I arrived back in Queenstown, I braved the 30-minute take away wait for the legendary Fergberger, and it was worth it. It’s one of the best burgers I’ve ever had, and a great way to end my Queenstown experience. Today was an incredible day. <\/p>\n

And finally, a couple more pictures of Lake Wakatipu in Queenstown:<\/p>\n

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\"Goodbye<\/a><\/p>\n

Up next, the start of Auckland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I slept for a brief amount of time, and then had a very early breakfast again at the Dairy on April 15th with an incredible sunrise: The BBQ Milford Sound tour bus picked me up at 7:15… the tour guide rocked, knew all the best places to stop along the way to the Milford Sound, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dylanschiemann.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}