While on the South Island of New Zealand in February of 1989, I was on a tour bus between Queenstown and Mt. Cook. The bus driver informed us that there were several seats still available for a site seeing plane ride around Mt. Cook. I decided to sign up for the flight, and I am glad I did, as the views of Mt. Cook that day were spectacular!
Afterward, I continued on to Mt. Cook. I stayed overnight at the campground, which was about a 20 minute hike from the Hermitage Hotel.
The next day I went to the Ranger Station at Mt. Cook. My friend Sheila from Canada was there also. We watched a slide show about climbing Mt. Cook. I thought it was very good. I was surprised to see a poster on display that had some written words that were attributed to Chief Seattle. It stated that it was one of the nicest things ever written about the environment.
Note 1: The "New Zealand" web page can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->NewZealand from menu bar at top.
Note 2: The [NZ] "South Island" photo album can be viewed by selecting Sitemap->NewZealand->South Island of New Zealand from menu bar at top.
