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Day 11

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The smaller jetty we traveled on for the first leg of the cruise.  We started our day from our Te Anua hotel then departed for the Real Journeys Visitor Centre Manapouri.   Here we went for a Doubtful Sound Wilderness Cruise that went from Pearl Harbour to the West Arm.   We boarded a smaller jetty to cross Lake Manapouri, which lasted about an hour.   It was a foggy morning, but as we were cruising around, the sun dissipated the fog to unveil the fresh snow covered mountain tops.   We noticed luscious green scrubs and trees flowing up and down the mountain tops, as well as springs flowing into majestic waterfalls.     Sun dissipating the fog over Lake Manapouri View of snow covered peaks from Lake Manapouri A diagram of the West Arm power station. We ended the first leg of the cruise near the West Arm Power Station site.   This station is capable of powering the entire south island of New Zealand.   There are two tunnels that are two kilometers long t