now was the time to begin exploring the rest of the south island. We started with milford sound. In order to get there we had to drived south to queenstown, and then another two hours to te anua. I'm not sure if that spelling is correct, but you get the general idea. Since we had a day and a half to burn in te anua, we decided to head down to invercargill, an hour and a half drive, in order to pick up a distillery for my dad. It was a bit of a complicated process, but i think everything is going to work out okay. I'm really excited about the stil and the prospect of home brewing some alcohol. hopefully it turns out as good as the store bought stuff, if not then hopefully its more alcoholic. After getting the still situation figured out we headed back to te anua for camping and some dinner. At this point we'd been eating mostly pasta and tuna for dinner, as we were attempting to save money for the long and ardusous journey ahead (just kidding, but we got a bunch of free food from the frisbee tournament, and it made sense to eat it up before we bought more). Te anua wasn't much of a town, but it had some nice shops so we looked around before beading down. The next morning we wokr up early to drive the two hours to milford sound. the drive wasn't as awful as we expected, and we arrived with plenty of time to spare. The weather wasn't cooperating however, and we werew stuck walking in the rain to get to the main boat terminal. Once aboard our cruise though everything was fine. We got a cold breakfast and were able to view the beauty of the sound through the safety of the boat windows and from the deck whenever we pleased. Milford sound is a Fjord carved otu by glaciers that is home to many waterfalls and other natural rock formations, making for breathtaking scenery and some of the best views that new zealand has to offer. The weather was a bit shitty, cloudy and zero sun breaks, but we still got to see some spectacular waterfalls and a chunck of new zealand history, so the trip was well worth it.
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