New Zealand - Mount Cook

There's really nothing much to say about this place. Cos apart from the towering Mount Cook, there really isn't anything much to see. But Mount Cook itself totally justifies the long, seemingly never ending journey to this little isolated township.
It's beautiful and a night's stopover here was just about the right thing anyone could have done.

It was here, where all of us had our virgin helicopter ride. It was a really funny seeing JD's reaction at stepping on squishy snow for the 1st time. She was quite frightened initially but probably got the hang of it after a while.

We then took a drive back to Christchurch, passing Lake Tekapo. It's a lovely lake but it's almost a dead town with nothing else to see. So, I say,spend your money to stay at the Heritage at Mount Cook. There're omni shows to watch, star gazing activities at night & lovely restaurants to dine in.

Btw, I finally took over the wheel for a small part of this leg. Woohoo! 1st time driving in a foreign country! (Malaysia not counted hor..)