January 1, 2008!
We started the new year off by packing up our tent and driving the two hours to the town of Te Anau. This beautiful little town is used mainly as a base for travelling to the Milford Sound. Our backpacker turned out to be a deer farm about 9 km out of town. We weren't sure what to expect from this Barnyard Backpacker, but the log cabins and fantastic valley views turned out to be a pleasant surprise. We took advantage of a few free hours to do some much needed laundry. We were both out of clean knickers and t-shirts.
We started the new year off by packing up our tent and driving the two hours to the town of Te Anau. This beautiful little town is used mainly as a base for travelling to the Milford Sound. Our backpacker turned out to be a deer farm about 9 km out of town. We weren't sure what to expect from this Barnyard Backpacker, but the log cabins and fantastic valley views turned out to be a pleasant surprise. We took advantage of a few free hours to do some much needed laundry. We were both out of clean knickers and t-shirts. That night we took a half hour cruise on Lake Te Ana-au to the glow-worm caves, accessible only by boat. The 200 meter glow-worm grotto was a magnificent display of millions of tiny lights hanging from the ceiling of the cave. We floated along in little boats in the darkness. A few times I had to remind myself to keep my mouth shut as I gazed upward-didn't want any of the worms accidentally dropping in!
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FUN! Were the glow worms better (by better maybe I mean brighter?) than the ones that we saw?
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