New Zealand's Westcoast - great waves, evergreen forests, stunning beaches - unique, beautiful!

Hey everyone!!

This time I'd like to introduce to you Aotearoa's Westcoast! (: My hostparents took me there for 2 days and showed me around many different places. They were all new to me and I got very impressed by their beauty and diversity.
Some people say the Westcoast is quite rainy and often the first question you get to hear when you tell people you've been there is: "Did it rain at the Westcoast??" - Well, we just went: "Noooo, it was sunny all the time." :))
We headed off from Christchurch and passed Springfield on the way. Here are some first pictures from our way:

Dreamlike trip to Milford Sound and skiing in Queenstown!

Kia Ora from a new place in Aotearoa! (:

A few days ago a friend of mine I had met on the North Island Tour, Nick, and I went to explore another region of beautiful New Zealand.
In about 7-8 hours we went down to Queenstown by bus. Nick had already been there once with a friend, I hadn't. We had some pretty cool stops on our way, such as Lake Tekapo!
That was really neat because the first time I had been there, with our Outdoor Education group, there was no snow, but this time the lake was surrounded by snow - it was on the mountains, everywhere and it looked gorgeous combined with the turquoise colour of the water!!

Dunedin, Moeraki Boulders, Ashburton and Mount Cook!!

Hey everyone! (:
Another exciting weeks have passed, new places, new impressions!!

Together with my hostfamily we went down to Dunedin to celebrate their daughter's birthday, and we had heaps of nice stops on the way: :)

Ashburton: