Fox Glacier Hotel

i drove from omaru to mt cook in the morning stopping at the elephant rocks on the way, they looked nothing like elephants then i stopped in twizel for lunch. i arrived in mt cook early afternoon and decided to go on a short walk round the governers bush, it was meant to take an hour but after 30 minutes i had finished, at the end of the track the red tarns walk started and was signed as 2 hours, i read in my guide book and it said it was a short and achievable walk with ...

... carving and nice pieces. Headed to the Franz Josef glacier and hiked up to the face. Took a side path and got some amazing higher ground views. Saw some really cool bold parrots(Kea) in the parking lot. Drove south to Fox glacier and camped close to matheson lake.

... profession was as a university lecturer – I pity his students. One of the stops had been the Otago Settlers Museum which I went back to for a better look. I particularly liked the section that had photos and portraits of the early settlers – what a dour miserable bunch they looked, not a speck of colour in any of the portraits – definitely Free Presbyterians but it is amazing how much they achieved so much in a relatively short time. And so from ...

... were the result of recent falls dug through to regain access to the road. We didn't hang around.<br>The tunnel we had emerged from was completed in 1953 making the Sound accessible for the first time to the rest of the island. <br>Milford Sound was a serene wilderness. The waters perfectly still and distant waterfalls the only sound. A reward indeed for our long one way journey.<br><br>Satisfied with the wonder of nature here, we headed back and ...

Hokitika<br><br>As we left Greymouth, the heaven's opened and the rain came. Lots of rain! Now when you're travelling with little to no money, you often find yourselves going on walks, to get to know an area because you can't afford to do any of the other activities on offer. This was a common occurrence for us in New Zealand. When we got to Hokitika, a town on the west coast famous for its production of greenstone or jade as you may know it ...

... aboot most of the day, doing things that needed to be done (yes i still have ''things to do" when traveling just different things perhaps) and chilling, enjoying it all very much so..i mean i am here to relax as well. I did go for a 2 hr walk up to a viewpoint. There are loads of independent walks right close by, ranging from whole day to half hour walks. It was really nice to be walking alone along the river then amongst nature ...

Sweet day in Wanaka. We managed an aesome breakfast at a place called Kai Whaka Pai in the centre of town, truly awesome!<br><br>We managed to get photo's with a complete line of backpacker campers from around NZ at the lakefront, this included Wicked, Escape, Explore More, Jucy and Spaceships<br><br>We booked ourselves in for a helicopter flight up to Mt Roy for the afternoon and decided to check out Amazing world whilst killing time before our helicoppter flight. Amazing ...

... jedesmal bekommen, wenn die Strassenschilder auf steile Abschnitte hingewiesen haben. Und davon gab es mehrere. Mit einem Auto, dass staendig ausgeht, sind auch einspurige Bruecken kein Spass, da man besser vorher abbremst.. und wieder ist der Motor aus. Die Fahrt war der Horror. Ich bin ohne weitere Pausen durchgefahren. Wenn nach einem steilen Anstieg der Motor gequalmt und gestunken hat, habe ich alle Fenster geoeffnet und ...

... erg anders dus als wat ik in Nederland gewend was. Even<br>wat kroegjes gehopt, maar de meeste mensen waren al erg dronken en sommige kroegen gingen om 2 uur al dicht! Maar ach ja, hoeveel mensen vieren oud en nieuw aan de voet van een gletsjer in Nieuw Zeeland? En, aangezien ik Nederlands ben, heb ik op nieuwjaarsdag om 12.00 een herkansing, omdat dan het feest in NL begint!<br><br>Heerlijk lang uitgeslapen (tot half twaalf ...