Promenade to paradise

May 2011

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May 2011

Closing in on French Ridge Hut. Photo: Jacob Saathof
French Ridge Hut, Mt Aspiring National Park A wave of dirty water rolled in front of the shiny, two wheel drive Toyota. I winced as a large scrape was heard from underneath the car. It was beginning to look like borrowing the mother-in-law’s car for a trip into the mountains was even more dangerous than […]

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