Day 6 – Are the stars out tonight

2.15am, it’s dark, very dark! indeed we are informed by our minibus driver Barbara, (who by the way is driving the last bit of our trip without headlights on and as she says, ‘the moon is very bright tonight’), all the residents of Tekapo have to use blackout curtains at night and all the street lights are at low level and point down to avoid light pollution. This all adds to an amazing experience stargazing with the Dark Skies Project. And in all the dark skies in all the world, Kate from Bristol, UK was our Dark Skies guide!