Before the drive to Haast (where many of us fell asleep), we made a quick stop at these falls. Very tall, and it was only one of two. The other was much higher up and couldn’t be seen from where we were. You had to walk through a forest of fern trees – basically like palm tree trunks, but instead of palm fronds growing out the top, you have giant fern fronds. The water was once again a clear blue. We were trying to get Malcolm to go swimming, but he was having none of it.
As was usually the case, I was the last one out. Taking more pictures than everyone else – and before the trip was done people were taking pictures of me taking pictures. I was reminded of the dinner boat on the Seine in Paris where all the Japanese tourists would be doing that across the table instead of taking in the sights. Maybe I’ve become part Japanese. Anyway – I was taking pictures of the fern trees and working out how to keep the flash off on the new camera, when I turned around and saw this couple. Thought it captured the day and place, even if I didn’t get the whole falls.