Mountains, Blue waters, and Hikes- January 4th 2012

Our next stop on the map was Queenstown, but in the meantime we wanted to see the country and do some hiking so we drove down to a town called Aukoura(Beautiful!!) Driving to Aukoura was a little bit out of the way but man was it worth it! Driving through the New Zealand mountain ranges was unbelieveable! We were in awe of how beautiful it was! We had never seen such wonderful landscape in our lives and doubt we will early see such beauty again!

 Aukoura is a small beach town along the peninsula and had some of the bluest waters! From Aukoura we decided to head to Timaru for a nights rest but before that we found a Summit hike up one of the mountains. It was rocky, steep, and had us zig-zagging all the way up but one hour later we made it to the top! The view was spectacular (see photo to catch our drift). We made it to Timaru at about 8 pm at night and stayed at the Old Bank and Tavern Hostel. We made dinner then were off to bed to start out again in the morning.