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On the Way to Australia!

view to our hotel and cruise ship

two new pictures for home

01/15/2012
We spent ten exciting days mainly on New Zealand's South Island. We missed the South Island here during our last visit, and we now visited it extensively. We were lucky with the weather and could explore a country on our own, which combines all the beauties of the earth in a small place: high mountains, deep valleys, meandering rivers, waterfalls, endless, deserted beaches, cliffs, waterfalls, forests, heaths, moors, marches and so on. In Christchurch, where we took our jeep, we could experience several earthquakes in the first night - the impact of a major earthquake more north. It did not matter much to us, because we were still used to swinging underground from the ship. We then drove to the extreme south. We could not get closer to the Antarctic with the car. On the rugged, windswept Otega Peninsula, we could not only see seabirds such as albatrosses, cormorants, penguins and others, but also very adorable little only a few days old baby seals. And in the very southern provincial town of Invercargill Eva discovered (and bought) two oil paintings, which will fit in the ground floor in Ruhpolding. The store name was, appropriately: "Outback Gallery". With abiding impressions we left the fjord country. With its mountains, rivers and lakes, its rain forests and deep, steep gulfs, which struck us in the spell for several days. Really the only possible location for a movie like "Lord of the Rings"! Even the spartan backpacker accomodation fascinated us and the myriad insects did us no harm. The stormy trip to Milford Sound was a real adventure. Since yesterday we are back to the civilization again. We are now (via Perth and Singapore) on the way to Hanoi. Our business partners are waiting there for us. Despite the Chinese New Year, a lot of meetings are planned and organized for us. So, work is waiting for us!