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Wanaka - Strawberry Cake

19.03.2010

The perfect dessert :)

ingredients: a cheap fluffy chocolate cake on sale (it already was packed in those 2 pieces) + some cheap Nutella + some cheap strawberries + some cheap maple syrup + some cheap strawberry ice cream and then use A LOT of each ;)

1^st stage already over (lots of Nutella as “base layer” under the strawberries)

cover it with maple syrup (lots of it of course :) )

use the 2^nd cake piece as lid for the whole thing

already nice but not yet finished :)

cut it...

...in 2 halfs...

...and add a huge amount of ice cream (can't really remember if there was a lot left in the 2l pack, but it's hardly possible ;) )

… finally enjoy it outside while watching The Collective (MTB Film) (or of course something you enjoy more) Can't tell how much calories it had, but I guess the number is a seriously big one :D

Wanaka - Mt Roy Trek

18.03.2010

Mt Roy – 3hs up and 2.5hs down (normally... Seems that I always take double time downwards when walking... wonder why!?!?)

It's a long and windy way up, but still not very interesting, as it's mostly wide enough to get up in a 4WD car :( The view from the top is spectacular and is a nice reward for the climb, still it's not interesting enough for a 2^nd time (despite you take a bike up with u ;) It's really a pity that didn't work out!!! That's on the must do list for the 2^nd visit with that nice helmet cam during sunrise ;) )

if only the path was like that all the way up! That'd be fantastic!! Was only the last few meters to the top actually. Of course better then nothing! :)

View down the other side (seen from Wanaka)

looks great from the top, eh?! ;)

township of Wanaka

the sun was already setting when we started our descend. Was not really necessary that it took sooooo long, but anyway...

Wanaka - Sunset

14.03.2010

was a stunning sunset!!!
there's no color corrections going on this time ;)
the pix are just in front of "out house"

Wanaka - Rob Roy Glacier Trek

08.03.2010

1^st trek after pausing for waaaayyyyy too long was the Rob Roy Glacier, together with Amanda and Damien.

Was more a nice walk as the way itself was not too challenging, but nevertheless it was a really nice day!!! :)

To road out there was a looong gravel road. If the car is still working after the way out and back, u can be sure it won't break down too soon ;)

The fords were at least dry and not flooded...

on the way out we stopped for some pics at this nice camping area...

...and to just hang around a little while :)

carpark and start of the walk up. It's supposed to be round 5h back, if I remember it right

nice to have views like this every once a while

Amanda and Damien on the way up

every step brings us closer to the glacier :)

lot's of waterfalls everywhere...

in the Te Pappa museum in Welly I saw a video about some guys doing base jumps down there. That must be such a stunning thing to do!!!

the setting of it all is just sooo nice

hat's already a bit further then the “official” end of the trek. If a trek ends and it's not yet the the top of the mountain it just doesn't feel right... but after several more meters on paths that were more or less (depends on your imagination ;) ) visible, we decided to turn round. We could have walked there for some more hours I guess, still without reaching something like a summit. Was fun anyway :)