Well another day in Mount Cook - the snow is still here but at least it has stopped falling. Neen decided to go for a two hour walk out to Kea Point - it only took him 5 hours and he never quite made it to the point. The snow was up to his chest. Jacqui was very happy she did not go along she would of been under the snow!!!! As a reward for all his hard work we headed off to the posh Hermitage hotel for slap up three course meal - mmmmm!! Its always good to...

On the 21st we headed off to Mount Cook - the weather is pretty cold Brrrrrrr. We stocked up on supplies. The drive over was interesting - we drove through a few snowy scenes with icy trees - very pretty. The Lake at Pukaki was fantastic - then the drive got a bit bad as the snow started to come down. We don't have the biggest car so there was a bit of sliding and lots of going very slow. We are staying in a YHA which is everso warm and cosy.  We venture...