On the road again!

The rain never let up, so we splashed through puddles and unsuccessfully dodged rain drops to catch our next bus. The ride to Wanaka wan't quite as long as our last trip, and, as always, was full of one beautiful view after another.

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We just went through some mountains that were so pretty I was at lost for words. It started when the tops of the trees, at the tops of the mountains started to have a dusting of snow on top- like someone had shifted powdered sugar all over them. Then, massive, over powering snow peaks just appeared! The sun lit them up from behind, making the snow and the lingering low clouds glow gloriously. 

I wish we could have stopped to take pictures, but that wasn't an option, so blurry bus pictures will have to do.

Further along the mountains ended not in rainforesty valleys, but in a turquoise blue lake. How is it possible for this country to keep getting more and more beautiful? 

We're spending the night at the Base hostel in Wanaka. Base hostels are a chain of hostels in New Zealand and Australia. It is not the cute little hostel we have been staying in at all. It is much much bigger and has a very modern feel/design. But the rooms are clean and it's cheap so we're happy. Our roommates for the night are 4 guys- 3 Japanese and a Canadian. Oh boy, All are snowboarders, as that is pretty much what you do in Wanaka. They all seem very nice, let's just hope they don't snore. 

Wanaka it's self is a cute little touristy type town, set on the banks of Wanaka Lake. It mostly caters to Snowboarders, but there are a couple nice hikes-which is why we're here. With not too much daylight left, we skipped the hikes for today and just explored the town and did some aimless window shopping before calling it a night.