Milford Sound

We stayed a couple of nights in Te Anau in a great hostel called Barnyard Backpackers. The place is on a deer farm 9km South of Te Anau and is comprised of a row of cabins facing the mountains and a big communal building with big kitchen, pool table, sofas and two roaring fires. To top it off there was only 6 of us staying there so we had the run of the place. We met an Irish couple called Craig and Fiona, with whom we went on a cruise of Milford Sound yesterday (and will hopefully meet up with in Australia). There is one road leading to Milford Sound and it's a 3-5 hour return journey depending on the conditions (the road is regularly closed this time of year). The boat cruise lasted two hours and went right out to the Tasman Sea and back, we saw waterfalls, dolphins, seals, all in all it was great. Milford Sound is actually incorrectly named as it was created by a huge glacier and is therefore technically a Fjord, not a Sound. Basically, everyone should go there (see pictures).