ï»¿{"id":46,"date":"2005-10-18T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2005-10-18T15:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/?p=46"},"modified":"2009-07-16T08:47:51","modified_gmt":"2009-07-16T06:47:51","slug":"te-anau_andmilford-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/2005\/10\/18\/te-anau_andmilford-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Queenstown, Te Anau and Milford Sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\n\t\t        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-143.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-143.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/thumbs\/thumbs_new_zealand_-143.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"1691\"\n           data-title=\"new_zealand_-143\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           target='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_0195c0b4e5d586c43b0e14986b549f63\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/cache\/new_zealand_-143.jpg-nggid041691-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                 alt=\"new_zealand_-143\"\n                 title=\"new_zealand_-143\"\n\t\t\t\t                    width=\"320\" \t\t\t\t            \/>\n        <\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t17th of October,<br \/>\nQueenstown, right next to the scenic Lake Wakatipu and  the Remarkables is not only the place where many key-scenes of Lord of the Rings  where shot, but also the adrenalin capital of New Zealand and the place to spend  a little fortune for a few\u00a0 seconds of fun. Also, according to Kerry \u201cThe Possum\u201d : If  you don\u2019t get laid in Queenstown, you are a fag\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I spend the day together with Emma, Carol and Amy, we \u00a0took the Skyline Gondola to get a better  view from Queenstown and watch Emma do her second bungee \u2013 called &#8220;The Ledge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>One of the bars I visited at night was called \u201cThe World Bar\u201d. They serve cocktails in tea-pots, very creative. I have to admit that three to four Teapots are a good way to  celebrate. And there is always an opportunity to celebrate in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>    <div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image ngg-left\" style=\"max-width: 320px\">\n\t\t        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-107.jpg\"\n           title=\"\"\n           data-src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/new_zealand_-107.jpg\"\n           data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/thumbs\/thumbs_new_zealand_-107.jpg\"\n           data-image-id=\"1651\"\n           data-title=\"new_zealand_-107\"\n           data-description=\"\"\n           target='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_3557cc198b77a9bbebd159da5e93f8fa\">\n            <img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n                 src=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-content\/gallery\/newzealand\/cache\/new_zealand_-107.jpg-nggid041651-ngg0dyn-320x240x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n                 alt=\"new_zealand_-107\"\n                 title=\"new_zealand_-107\"\n\t\t\t\t                    width=\"320\" \t\t\t\t            \/>\n        <\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t18th of October, \u00a0Te Anau and Milford Sound<br \/>\nAfter some days in Queenstown, recovering from my cold and jumping into canyons it was time to move on to \u00a0Milford Sound. Just getting there was a very scenically drive including \u00a0Lake Wakatipu, some more waterfalls and the descent from the Homer Tunnel to the Milford Sound. The Maori name for the sound, Piopiotahi, means first native thrush.<\/p>\n<p>The magnificent Fjord is a \u201cMust see\u201d and one of the major sights of New Zealand. Fortunately it was one of the 60 days every year they get down there that did not include rain. I even got to see yellow eyed penguins, which are very rare \u2013 according to the captain of the boat that took us \u00a0out to the Fjord.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>17th of October, Queenstown, right next to the scenic Lake Wakatipu and the Remarkables is not only the place where many key-scenes of Lord of the Rings where shot, but also the adrenalin capital of New Zealand and the place to spend a little fortune for a few\u00a0 seconds of fun. Also, according to Kerry &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/2005\/10\/18\/te-anau_andmilford-sound\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Queenstown, Te Anau and Milford Sound&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-backpacking","category-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebeach.info\/backpacking\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}