What a surprise view

May 15
After we had parked the van in the dark the night before with no real idea of where we were, we woke to an amazing surprise. To find we were on the side of a hill overlooking a big turquoise lake, surrounded by mountains with the sun rising over the top. We really thought we are going to enjoy New Zealand.

Morning what a View.

We decided to get some better views of this landscape so we set off for a 2 and 1/2 hour walk. As first thing in the morning it was still cold, so we put on all of our new warm clothing, and set off.

New Hat.

Shortly enough we found some panoramic view of the surrounding hills and lake.

After we got back even though we had stripped of our many layers we still needed warming with some good old fashioned Heinz tomato soup (or so we thought, just Watties is the exactly the same tin but with their name on - how cheeky!)
Trace then took over the driving and drove the next 100km to Glentanner. On the way we stopped off at quite a few lookout points of lakes and mountains. (this looks as though we might be able to take a lot of photos here)

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James & Tracey on May 15, 2007 from Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

from the travel blog: James & Tracey World Tour

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