New Zealand's South Island - Te Wai Pounamu

Photos from my bike ride over Te Wai Pounamu, from Picton in the North to Christchurch including visits to Glaciers and the Fiordland Nationalpark with its well known Milford Sound.
For more photos from my travels through New Zealand have a look at my photos from the North Island and if you want to learn more about my journey across these islands feel free to visit my blog at Lille Ulven's weblog. Some of these photos are also published in my New Zealand calendars which you can find here.

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Sunset over Aoraki (Mount Cook)

Pentax K20D • ¹⁄₆₀ sec • ƒ / 5,8 • 450 mm • ISO 400 • smc PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED Fox Glacier, West Coast, New Zealand With its 3,754 meters, Aoraki is the highest peak of New Zealand, located in the central Southern Alps. It was first conquered successfully by a New Zealand trio of climbers - Fyfe, Graham and Clarke - who reached the summit on Christmas Day of 1894. uuid="6D939E97-CF6C-4A72-ACFB-8CAA717AF14F" id="New Zealand lilleulven.com 20130124_210249_NZ_West Coast_Fox Glacier_Aoraki_www.LilleUlven.com.DNG New Zealand South Lilleulven.com"

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