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It’s been a few days since we posted an update and that’s because we’ve been busy at sea and ashore. But let us tell you about South Island. It took us two days to reach New Zealand. The captain had warned us that it would be rocky and it was, so much so that I was actually quite seasick. Not enough to stop eating but enough to not feel like doing anything but lie down with my eyes shut! But what joys awaited us when we woke up in Milford Sound. I peaked out the window around 7am and looked out into a murky misty world that reminded one of the Hobbit world. A little boat came alongside to pick up passengers who were going on an overland excursion and we enjoyed our view of Lady Elizabeth Bowen Falls, the tallest waterfall in Milford Sound at 162 metres in height. We then set sail out of the Sound toward Doubtful Sound, the deepest fiord but not before we had spectacular views of Stirling Falls, which is 151m tall, making it taller than Niagara Falls. We also got to see the Four...