Te Araroa: Lake Tekapo

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Blissful Hiker says goodbye to her young friend Tomáš who helped her through the toughest parts of the trail, including reaching a summit above the highest point of the trail. 

In this episode:

1. Blissful continues her journey of the Te Araroa, reaching Stag Saddle and Beuzenberg Peak in New Zealand's Southern Alps, looking towards Mount Cook and the astonishing turquoise of Lake Tekapo. 
2. It's tussock, mud, rocks and stream-as-trail to a magical hollow next to a babbling brook with a magical sunset and a sky full of stars. 
3. The final bit to town is mostly on road where Blissful meets shepherds with a dozen working dogs and a Chinese family on vacation that offers her glasses of milk.
4. In Tekapo, she gets the last bed at the last hostel, rents a bike for the coming days and takes Tom to a restaurant for anything he wants on the menu. 
5. He teaches her how to say "bad ass" in Czech as well as "she is bad ass." 

MUSIC: Suite by Ernst Krenek as played by Alison Young, flute 

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