Lake Tekapo (on my way to the Mount Cook region)
	Lake Tekapo
	Prarie in the front, mountains in the back: this feels like Colorado!
	Sunrise over Mount Tasman, as seen from my breakfast table at the Hermitage Hotel
	Breakfast at the Hermitage Hotel
	Cook Village (with Hermitage Village), as seen from Mount Olivier
	Mount Tasman, as seen from Mount Olivier. Mount Tasman produced an almost non-pausing symphony of ice- and rockfalls
	Mount Cook (3,776m/12,385ft). The Swiss were very active on Mount Cook. The first ascent attempt in the 19th century was supported by Swiss guides and the first ascent by Kiwis only took place after they had heard that some more Swiss were about to arrive to climb Mount Cook
	On top of Mount Olivier (1,917m/6,287ft). Rumour says that this was the first mountain climbed by Sir Edmund Hillary at the start of his mountaineering career
	Mount Cook again, but this time with terminal (lakes) and gigantic moraines.
	What a beautiful country! On top of that no deadly snakes and spiders (not as in Australia).
	Glacier art on the terminal lake.
	Sunset on Mount Cook as seen from the lounge in the Hermitage Hotel
	Lounge of the Hermitage Hotel, comfortable leather chairs, open fireplace, panoramic windows and breathtaking view
	Looking back while leaving
	and another look back
	Last look back. I WILL be back!