Returned Friday afternoon from amazing 6 day journey to Dusky Sound on 64 foot boat Breaksea Girl (including two 3 hour gut wrenching sea passages-but totally worth it). Penguins, dolphins, albatross, seals, waterfalls, podocarps, NZ orchid-I took almost 1,000 pictures (95% of which will be deleted). 3 crew and 9 passengers-an entertaining bunch. Never again will I bemoan of the perils of ferry passages or muddy tracks (trails)-we pulled on our gumboots and trudged through mud, over stumps and tree roots to witness NZ conservation and ecology-see the damage done by the (introduced) stoats, possums & deer; Captain Cook encampments and remote island home of Richard Henry, the fellow who helped find and save the Kakapo. Also saw where the first beer was brewed in New Zealand by Cook and his crew. Truly magical and remote-we encountered only 2 other vessels in Dusky Sound and very few in Doubtful Sound.
Very limited internet so no photos until I get home (Monday!!!)
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