We're now in Queenstown and have just had a MAJOR thrill! We went to Milford Sound this morning, early start, long coach journey. The scenery is spectacular lots of mountains, lots of waterfalls. The journey on the Sound itself is great too, and we got soaked - the photo was taken before that (just to prove I am where I say I am and not shirking Ian!) Anyway we were due to fly back on a small plane but due to the weather it wasn't going to be able to take off. There was no way we were going to suffer another 4 hours on the coach so we took the alternative - a helicopter! Now I don't know about you but whenever I think of helicopters I think of big metal things (preferably with soldiers leaping out of them) and then we saw this one....it was a bubble with blades, held 4 passengers and the pilot, and guess who was sitting up front?? It was FANTASTIC! We soared and dived through the mountains and looked as though we were heading straight for them then up up and suddenly the whole of the valley was below us. And then we landed on a glacier - hence the photo. It was the thrill of the holiday for me. Awesome.
Apologies for 2 photos at once, there will probably be no more of me - honest!
3 comments:
Hi you two - fab photos, and yes we want to see more of you - wonderful and what an experience especially the helicopter. It seems so strange that you are now up and about the equivalent of our tommorrow! We love reading your BLOGS what a great way to keep us posted. We are about to go to bed after our first day back at work/school so just wanted to keep in touch. Take care. Love you xxxx
a picture of you both together at last - began to wonder if this was a capricorn one blog !
that chopper journey sounds fantastic - did you catch any of it on your fone cam ?!!
Love the Browns X
The pictures are brilliant. Hope to see more soon. Love Marilyn and David
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