2nd July @ Larry and the rest of our excursion

Larry is the dog of the owner of Mount Algidus, some 50,000 acre of land (that's incredibly huge isn't it). He is such an adorable fellow, except that he smell slightly bad. He could jolly well be taller than me and crush my if he wants to jump on me! :)

I tried walking on thin ice. The feeling is marvelous and dangerous. I couldn't imagine how much more excited I would be if I can walk and jump on floating glacier!

We visited Sally-Ann in her working place before we bade everyone good bye. The house has a luxurious indoor despite the simple outside, and we were told not to take any photos cos the owner do showcase her home to some magazines and wouldn't want photos to leak out. The inside follows those ancient english style, with nice and cosy feeling despite the huge interior size, akin to those you see in old English films!

We ended the day soon after that. It was definitely an unforgettable experience, albeit no mountainous hike or to the hut like some others did.

14th June @ Tasman Valley revisited with Marcus

After a hearty session yesterday might, we had a rather heavy breakfast, one that Marcus whipped up yesterday morning. This is what I call, our big breakfast. There's everything you need on the plate.

After sharing knowledge together with Marcus on iPad and technology, we arranged to revisit Tasman Valley since Darren was saying how close the glacier can be if we walked in from another trail. Photos as below as we enjoyed yet another beautiful glacier on lake. I even tried stepping on thin ice formed in the lake!

There is this native plant in Kiwiland in which we forgotten what it is called. But it had been there since dinosaur age and accordingly, the needle like leaf was used to prick tattoo by Maori in the past!

We bade one another good bye and they continued to Lake Wanaka and us to Timaru.

12th June @ Tasman Valley, Lake and Glacier with Argo

We went deep into the Tasman valley on an 8 wheel drive with 3 other Chinese. Tasman glacier is the biggest glacier in New Zealand and its really worth to see it all.

Enjoy the photos below!

11th June @ Hooker Valley, Lake and Glacier

It was a freezing night the day before but we woke up real late. We had our breakfast at 11am and made our way to Hooker Valley. It was a 3 hours return hike.

Koh Leng Leng blamed me for faking her on the walk, since I kept on saying just one more turn and we will turn back. Frankly, how would I want to give up since we had already started? It's the same as when I was in Guangzhou, I persevered right till the end despite promising her I would take only 30 mins solo walk. In the end I spent 2 hours.

We didn't know which is Mount Cook, and kept on guessing. It was funny - we didn't know what to look out for.

It was a tiring hike but we went passed 2 bridges before completing the valley towards to the lake and the glacier. It was there where we first saw Marcus and Cas, English couple whom we asked whether we are reaching soon. They said 5 mins, but as Asian legs are shorter, we spent 15mins. It was a magnificent view since we had never seen one before.

We took about 4 hours return to our base camp and had a wonderful coke break. :)