Day 2 - Lake Tekapo

On the first day, weather was blazing hot, but guess what? South Island then poured for the next 2 days. It rained and rained and rained.. I missed the sun in the gloomy days.. lol

We had a good rest the day before and set out to drive to Lake Tekapo. It's about 2 hours relaxing drive from Christchurch.

Church of the Good Shepherd


Another view of the church


A good picnic spot


We drove up to Mt John, well known for its excellent star gazing activities. The location has one of the clearest skies in the world!

But no thanks to the cloudy weather, no chance for us to star gaze tonight... sad..


We drove back down from Mt John and took a walk along Lake Tekapo. What a wet day!


I like the direction of the grasses.. :P The wet weather made this interesting.. :P


We saw a lot of these lupin flowers here. It's colorful and pretty. But I heard that the locals weren't too fond of them :P


I like this bunch too.. looks like it's glowing..


Dead tree trunk. It looked burnt.. i'm assuming someone's trying to make firewood? :P haha..


Btw, Lake Tekapo is famously known for its turqoise colored lake. Interestingly it gets its colour from the rock-flour (ground by glaciers) suspended in the water.