tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11491158.post5504780693521135824..comments2023-08-16T05:47:09.746-07:00Comments on Egadman's Grab Bag of Amentia: South Siyeeed!Flushy McBucketpantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16412523270546969864noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11491158.post-63376633614308985782006-11-17T17:38:00.000-08:002006-11-17T17:38:00.000-08:00http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyofooddrinks/390/tokyof...http://metropolis.co.jp/tokyofooddrinks/390/tokyofooddrinksinc.htm<br /><br />check this out, i am going to go try!!Emikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005247260795909652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11491158.post-75141156178039076022006-11-07T10:26:00.000-08:002006-11-07T10:26:00.000-08:00The stony pouting in the flower bush is priceless....The stony pouting in the flower bush is priceless. Find and photograph more Chewbacca cats and mystical mountains so that we can learn more of this alleged land of New Zealand.Shinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960881889590282266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11491158.post-58852355430355547092006-11-07T03:13:00.000-08:002006-11-07T03:13:00.000-08:00Ah, the Milford Track. I remember that hike. It'...Ah, the Milford Track. I remember that hike. It's been a while since I last checked your blog, so I'm afraid you're probably already on the trail. "Tramping," as they say. Always sounded rather perverted to me. Not that I would have much useful information for you, even if I had posted this comment sooner, before you left on your hike. I spent three weeks on the South Island, must have been four years ago now. The majority of my time was spent hitchhiking around the island, taking in the sights, spending a couple days here, a few days there, etc. I was similarly disillusioned with Queenstown, though its setting and the mountains are certainly beautiful. I have particularly fond memories of a day hike on Fox Glacier, as well as an overnight trek on the Milford Track. I wanted to do the full, four-day hike, but it was winter when I visited, so the pass was snowed in and no one was allowed through. In fact, the last couple kilometres of my hike to the hut where I spent the night were entirely covered in a one foot-deep blanket of snow. An extremely cold night was spent up there in that hut, as it was well above the treeline and no wood was to be found with which to stoke a fire in the stove. I really should have thought ahead and brought some up with me, but I was all right with the cold. The solitude, too. Only one brave couple ventured up that way on the same day as me, and they quickly retired to their sleeping bags in another room in an effort to stay warm. Leaving all that gorgeous view of mountainsides and ravines and water running far below to little ol' me. Wish I could remember the name of that hut now. It was near a cave, I remember that much, because I went exploring in it (not too deep, though!). I'm afraid my diary from that time (about the only period in my life during which I made a significant attempt at diary-keeping), where I would surely have written such information down, is at my folks' house in the States. Too bad. Anyway, I hope you had/are having a brilliant time. Milford Track. A special place, indeed. I hope the weather is gorgeous and the fellow hikers are few.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com