Together with Yen, we came to one of the sites where the movie 'Lord of The Rings' took
place. There’re not many choices of budget accommodation and there’s no any BBH hostel
in Mountain Cook, so we stayed in the only one YHA hostel.
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| YHA hostel with mountains backdrop |
It was clean and warm.
In fact, we didn't book in advance but we're lucky that there're vacancies for both
of us when we arrived after sunset. Or else, we had to be freezing in the car,
just like my bottle. See, I forgot to bring it along from the car and the next
morning it became frozen same as the car.
After
checked out from the hostel, I drove through the Mt Cook and surroundings.
We in
person experienced the spectacular majesty of the highest snow-capped mountains
of New Zealand as shown in the movie.
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| Frozen leaves on the ground |
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| A layer of ice created and covered the road |
At Mt.
Cook, it’s too cold for my body and my palms turned red even I wore gloves. I
really couldn't afford to accompany my friend completed the Hooker Valley Track up to
4 hour return on the cold late autumn; despite I knew that the journey would be
great if we really could make it. So sorry...my dear friend…
However,
we did explore around Alpine Memorial, Hooker Valley, Blue Lake and
the glaciers.
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| Alpine Memorial to remember those who perished on Mt Cook |
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| Hooker Valley |
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| Blue Lake(but the lake is obviously green, why not Green Lake?) |
