Milford sound vs Doubtful sound

The tourist folders will show pictures of smiling people in the sun, looking at beautiful scenery. The truth is that it rains here, and it rains a lot! The south western part of New Zealand is called Fjord Land. There are only a very few roads, and walking tracks, most of it is inaccessible.
So how much rain is there exactly? Well… close to 10 meters in some areas. How much? 10 meters, like in 10000 millimeters of rain per year! To give you a comparison: London, known for its rainy weather, gets about 1100 millimeters of rain annually.Doubtful sound was so called because Captain Cook was not sure he would be able to get out of the sound as the prevailing winds are from the West which would mean months of tacking. Milford sound was the last one discovered as it is impossible to see from the sea. Doubtful Sound is the more remote and much less touristic one. National Geographic magazine reporters were here last year to write about its remoteness and beauty. Milford sound is a small town with a very well oiled tourism machine. The boats navigating this fjord are floating observation platforms where tourist can order a double latte, decaf with a twist of lemon. The scenery is very dramatic and beautiful. The seals lay in the wind trying to avoid the sand flies, we see hundreds of larger and smaller waterfalls, the wind from the Tasmanian Sea is cold and clean. I’ve seen the fjords in Norway, but these to me are more dramatic.