Fiords at Milford Sound

I first came across the word “fiords” from my Geography text-book on Europe many many years ago. At that time, it was just a faint name to me. It happens that there are lots of coastal features of this kind in Norway. I never know that New Zealand also possesses fiords until Ho Keung and Yin Ping showed me the photos they took at Milford Sound.

Ho Keung and Yin Ping joined a sight-seeing cruise along the coasts of the fiordlands at the south-western end of the South Island. Their journey began here in the top photo.

First, the happy couple tells us something about their cruise:
"We took a Milford Sound cruise as far as the Tasman Sea border. The Maori name for Milford Sound is “Piopiotahi”, meaning “Place of the singing thrush”, a bird which is now extinct. We have close encounters with the natural beauty of towering or snow-capped mountains, birds, seals and waterfalls. God uses the scientific rainbow formation on the water droplets as a testimony to His love and care for us although we have gone astray from Him."

Let us now see the coastal features they experienced on September 10th, 2007.
1. Photo 1 The journey began here.

2. Photo 2 shows their small cruiser( on the left of the photo). Outside, a small rainbow appeared.
3. Photo 3 shows the showers of water from a waterfall that went down to the cruiser.









4. Photo 4 shows a waterfall that ran down directly to the sea water.
5. Photo 5 shows a number of sea-lions sunbathing on the coastal rocks. Now I believe that sea lions are good swimmers as well as good mountaineers.












6. Photo 6 shows a vertical cliff that went straight down to the sea.
7. Photo 7 reminds me of our “Mountain Cream” ice-cream in Hong Kong.











8. Photo 8 shows the happy couple enjoying the cruise.