Twizel

Mount Cook does not have much in the way of accommodation, or town for that matter, and so at first I stayed in another little town named Twizel. Twizel has a grocery store and for this reason alone is bigger than Mount Cook.

I rented a mountain bike for the afternoon and tooled along some of the walking tracks and roads in the area thanking my lucky stars to be in such a beautiful place.

And it kind of goes without saying, but... yes, some of The Lord of the Rings was filmed here.