Beautiful scenery before landing in Queenstown
We were supposed to take the helicopter @overthetophelicopters tomorrow but due to weather constraints we had to move it to the day we arrived in Queenstown. 
Our pilots 🙂
Beautiful scenery from the moment we took off till we arrived back
Hi Dad and Mom!! Tito Manny and Tita Ina!! 🙂 We flew together and side by side at times 🙂
Braided Streams
When glacial ice melts, the water moves away from the glacial snout in fast flowing streams and rivers. The water transports vast quantities of sediment and larger debris. If the sediment load is very large in relation to the velocity of the stream, the more coarse material may start to block the stream, choking it and forcing it to constantly change it’s course. The stream starts to diverge, splitting into numerous segments which split and join repeatedly. The small islands formed within the stream are called eyots.
Braided streams are typically shallow and wide, surrounded by poorly sorted rock debris. ( http://www.geography-site.co.uk) #braidedstreams #glacier
Milford Sound
In 1770 Captain James Cook sailed past MILFORD SOUND in South Island, New Zealand, mapping this northern most fiord as a bay. Fifty three years later a sealer, Jono Grono and his crew, caught in a storm, thought they were to be tossed to their peril on the rocks of this charted bay when they were blown into the undiscovered fiord. It was named Milford Haven after Grono’s birthplace in Wales.
New Zealand’s climate is dominated by two main geographical features, the
mountains and the sea. From the west the saturated weather pattern off the
Tasman Sea rises up to cross the massive Southern Alps of New Zealand and dumps all its moisture in Fiordland.
This huge rainfall gives this region its unique character – rain forest, lakes,
rivers, and waterfalls. Fiords carved by the glaciers dominate the scenery until
reaching the wild and windswept west coast.
The versatility of the helicopter is admirably suited to this diverse terrain ensuring enhanced visibility and greater safety in this incredible landscape.
Glaciers stay ice all throughout the year. They are disappearing slowly thru the years.
We landed by a glacier. Though we couldn’t go to the glacier and stand on them as suggested by the pilot since it might have some soft areas or it might just fall #glacier #newzealand #H2HNewZealand2016 #overthetophelicopters @overthetophelicopters
What a view! We had this place and the surrounding area all to ourselves for around 30 minutes! Absolutely breathtaking!
We made sure to take home some Rocks near the glacier. Nice souvenirs and pasalubong but the problem is its heavy! haha!! 
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