To the Routeburn Track

After getting to the main land, we packed up our car and headed to fjord land.

FJOOOOOOOOOOOORDDDDDDDDDDDD.

We arrived to the beautiful town of Te Anau, and started the 3 day route burn track the next morning. The track goes through the heart of the fjord land and is ranked in the top eight tracks of New Zealand (the Stewart island track made the cut as well). We started up a gentle slope through the silver and mountain beech forest and a lime green moss covered everything. It was straight out of gnome world.

I saw the biggest waterfall of my life too! the fjord land averages about 7 metres of rainfall per year. THAT'S ALOT. Luckily, we we covered by a canopy of trees.

so first day was a success.

The second day rained buckets and buckets and buckets. I decided that I would pack really light compared to my 50 lb bag in Stewart island, so i decided to not bring any extra clothing. FAIL. Anthony and I were completely soak. Even worse, the entire second day of the track is exposed at the top of the mountain so we had no protection from the rain or wind. Even WorseR, the track was flooding from the amount of rain that day, so we were basically hiking through a stream/waterfall.

My shoes were suppose to be waterproof. FAIL

My jacket was suppose to be waterproof. DOUBLE FAIL.

The rocks were extremely jagged throughout the track as well. At certain points, I was stepping in a foot of water and had to climb down giant drops. I slipped a couple times and a lady at the previous hut broke her ankle. So no pictures from this day. But here's our view from our second hut that was located at the bottom of a waterfall!.

Our meals during these tracks were a bit dodgy. We attempted to make spaghetti with Asian sauce...that's wasn't too appetizing. So we basically stuck with Chile and noodle soup, and a boat load of peanut butter sandwiches.

The third day of the track was just wonderful. We had beautiful weather as we gently strolled down to the bottom of the mountain.

See, we happy campers.

So, Anthony and I hike 62 km in 7 days, didn't kill each other, and got our hiking legs which I have not used since then. Yahoo!.