Wilderness Lodge. Arthur's Pass New Zealand
When you stub your toe, you usually say OW. Make it a palindrome and you get WOW!

What an amazing place. Its too bad I only had 1.5 days here. I could have been 3 days but no, I had to take the dam TranzAlpine Railroad. The train was a big let down. I could have ket the car and  . . . well doesnt matter. Awesome place, you need to come here. The lodge and farm are just perfect. I managed a solo hike to Beasley's Spur. It startedin the rain and as I ascended I even ended up in the low clouds with almost no visibility. I continued on with the promise of the legendary hut at the end of the path where I could change clothes and eat lunch. Up I went, over wet roots and loose rocks. Through tall grasses soaked with water. I myself was completely soaked. When I finally arrived in the hut, I was able to squeeze about a quart of water out of my clothes. Good thing I had a change of clothing, unfortunately, only 1 pair of shoes. Still all in all, amazing. The next day, i had some extra time before the 4pm train (read "groan") and the lodge was kind enough to host a shorter day excusion for myself and a wonderful Swedish family who were traveling on to the Fox Glacier. We went to the place where Disney filmed scenes from some movire called Narnia, the kids went bezerk it was pretty cool. We then went to an area wrold famous for bouldering. LOL, I didnt even know that there was such a sub-genre of climbing but I learned. Seems the swedes are actually avid climbers. the middle son is ranked 1st in Stockholm and 5th in the country within his age group. He was fearless and impressive. I myself only took the obviously reasonable climbs. I did have my revenge!! After climbing we went kayakiing and I was able to run circles around the Swedes WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. hehe.

Took the "groan" back to Christchurch and have a 7am flight to Sydney.

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