We drove further into the Mount Cook Park having passed by herds of sheep until we reached the lakes'region, where we were supposed to visit the Tasman glacier and the Blue Lakes. From a certain moment onwards the landscape was breathtaking. I don't think I'll ever be able to feel what I felt when I looked at the Mount Cook peak in the distance - the grees, the blues and the browns mingling in an almost unreal way ... I could have stood there for endless hours just admiring the view, but the Green lakes and the Tasman iceberg awaited us.
The expected turquoise colour of the lakes was effectively green because of the presence of the green algae, since the iceber lakes have shrunk.
I wasn't particularly impressed by the Tasman iceber at foirst, maybe because I had had major expectations regarding the fact that it is the largest one in new Zealand. it wasn't until I started thoroughly looking at the colour of the ice and the surrounding atmosphere that I said to myself "It is beautiful after all ...".
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