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Day 273: Mirror Image

Mount Cook – Dunedin, New Zealand

Before going to bed last night in the campervan, Hanna and I knew that we had awesome sight outside. But this morning, when Hanna told me to look out from our van, I went “Holy shit” on the view even with my half-opened eyes.

At 3755 meters, Mount Cook is the highest peak in the whole Australasia region. The tourist information center at Mt. Cook Village provides plenty displays and history on mountaineers that had attempted to reach the peak. In one corner of the museum, one can find four books all filled with people who had died in their conquests. It’s good to know that we’re sticking to the easy half hour trek to a viewpoint.

For the rest of the afternoon, we drove further south. The landscape changed as we went down in height. The vegetation became richer and since it’s autumn in New Zealand, we had spectacular arrays of colour throughout.

Hanna told me that all the vegetation that change colour weren’t native to NZ. It’s fun to travel with Hanna as she’s loaded with random facts. So far, I’ve learnt that the sand from the Australia’s Whitsunday Island’s beaches are used to make the lens on telescopes in observatories around the world. And if lightning strikes sand, it can create pieces of glass. And apparently sheeps have long tails, which are usually cut because they’re always dirty and stinky from poos.

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