On March 19th, we shopped a bit around Dunedin (I bought a beautiful merino wool shawl-came in useful at the wedding) and went to the Otago Museum. There was a really cool special collection of DaVinci's machines. Some of them we even got to play with! We then visited the rest of the museum where I had a horrible allergic reaction to something (we think mold). I didn't bring my inhaler, which was stupid, but I managed to keep myself calm, drink lots of water, and breathe, and finally my system settled down. With that we decided it was time to head to Lake Manapouri for our tour of Doubtful Sound.
With Rich at the wheel, we left Dunedin and drove through beautiful countryside to such great towns as Gore and Clinton. We stopped and got groceries somewhere, because we weren't sure of the food situation in a tiny town like Manapouri (it was fine, but you never know). I thought I had booked lodging in Te Anau (the town that no one in New Zealand can say the same way twice), but it turned out we were down the road, closer to Doubtful Sound. Sometimes I amaze myself.
This lodging was also good. We had an incredible view of the lake.
And Rich took great photos (that you can see on his Richypants account on flickr). We had a great restaurant next door. And our neighbors below us? Alpacas. Yep. I wanted to take them home!
This one like me!
That first night as we were settling in, I got to watch sheep dog trials on the telly. It was great. The four-time national champion was in danger of losing his crown, but through sheer determination and grit, he and his dogs pulled it out. Wow. The intensity.
We got up the next day and went to Doubtful Sound. And got bitten by sand flies. The End.
Okay, I'll write more about that tomorrow. Don't want to finish the story too quickly. And remember:
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