Km 160,750 and Co

Friday March 3rd, we left Lincoln and the flat landscapes of Canterbury's plains to the steeper slopes of the Aoraki Mount Cook.
After an amazing roadsign, the longest bridge in NZ and couple of half hours spent in loocking for our way in the hills behind Geraldine, South Canterbury, we finnaly arrived near the Tekapo Lake where we slept.
There, in the coast of the lake, the Pulsar could show us it capacity in driving in short cuts...

Waiting for the sunrise in the Tekapo Lake

Right : Sunrise on the Tekapo Lake

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First view (just below) of the Aoraki Mount Cook, covered with snow. Even if the weather is not the best, what a beautiful mountain!

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Arriving near the Pukaki Lake, whom water comes from the Mount Cook glaciers. Its colour is due to suspended particles brought there by the glacier's rivers.

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The magestic Aoraki Mount Cook in its valley

and the also majestic Mount Sefton and its glacier

Arrived in the arms of the Mount Cook, we walked in the direction of the Hooker Galcier. There, 400m upper than the valley, we met the famous Kea (Nestor notabilis), an higly social and inquisitive mountain parrot.

Doing down to the valley : the vegetation seems tropical whereas we are in high mountains !?

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The pulsar in the Tasman Glacier Valley. In roadtracks we trust..

On the way back, the lake Tekapo still "blueing"

The rugby match of this evening obliges us with coming back before the sunset on the mountains. .No worries, we enjoy the farmer supporter of the Christchurch's Crusaders :

On these holy words, see you...

yvan