After a quick run up the "World's Steepest Street", Baldwin St. in Dunedin, we jumped on the bus en route to Lake Tekapo. Stopping off at the Moreaki Boulders - which are a natural phenomenon along a rather deserted and extremely beautiful beach along New Zealand's eastern coast (of the South Island, that is.) Also along this scenic journey was Mt. Cook - the highest mountain in New Zealand!!! Ohhhhhhhhh, how I was wishing it was summer and that I had my trekking boots strapped on! Mt. Cook has such a striking experience - especially with the turquoise lake in front of it! After driving some roads we technically weren't allowed to be on with a vehicle of our size ;), we arrived in Lake Tekapo and ended up spontaneously crashing a wedding at an adorable little church that sits lakefront - and in this moment I was thinking of how INSANE it is to try and be wearing a wedding dress in these frigid and icy conditions - crazy things that love can do to our mind!!! And to top off a beautiful day, what can be better than a little ice skating - especially when you're entertained by a group of guys who have gained 'confidence' from the local pub for hours before putting blades below their feet...my friend Mags and I were most certainly entertained! Afterwards we had a gathering of 20+ backpackers on couches inside our lakeside lodge to hide from the freezing cold weather and watch movies together! This was a good down-time stop for a lot of us...
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