Milford Sound

Went kayaking in milford sound today. Got decked out in some cool kayaking gear which included this cool 'skirt' that supposedly keeps the water out of your kayak.



As expected the scenery was amazing and everything seemed a lot closer than it actually was because of the sheer size of everything. As many other guides in NZ had done earlier our guide on this trip asked us to estimate distances to various objects. A waterfall that appeared to be 2 kms away was apparently 7 kms. We made this our target for the day and made it about half way. Then we all held on to one another and hoisted up a make shift sail which took us most of the way back, was actually pretty cool. Apparently they're the only kayaking company in the world (that they know of anyway) that does this sailing thing, they invented the method themselves, quite clever...

Milford Sound pics