Coincidence, fate or .......

Since our heli-hike was cancelled yesterday, we went on a 3.5 hike to a glacial lake.

As a preface, I need to mention a lovely couple from the Czech Republic that we met on our overnight boat trip to Doubtful Sound.  They were supposed to be on a different boat with a large group travelling together, but there wasn't enough space so they got bumped to our boat.  We sat together for meals and talked to them quite a bit.

Anyway, we're hiking yesterday and run smack into them again.  The series of events that allowed this to happen were extensive:

1. They had to be the one couple out of their whole group that got bumped.
2. They had to get bumped to our boat, out of a choice of a few.
3. We both had to end up on the opposite side of the country at the same time.
4. Our Franz Josef heli-hike had to be cancelled.
5. Our Mount Cook heli-hike had to be cancelled.
6. We both had to choose this particular trail, out of about 8 choices.
7. We had to be on that trail in the same timeframe.

Coincidence or fate or .....