Punga Grove Franz Josef

... the respective rooms.Well each room I opened had people in the rooms! The first one was a 2 bed dorm with a girl in each bed. The second had one queen-sized bed with an old couple in it. Each time I opened a door, someone woke up and stared at me in surprise. Josh and I found an after hours number on the gate, which we called over and over. The nice YHA lady on the line kept trying different numbers for us, but couldn’t reach anyone. So once again, we went into the common room ...

i found a friend in punakaiki to join me on the trip to franz josef drove there in the morning and arrived just after lunch and it was raining and then it rained more and more and more it rains approx 5m a year on franz thats x10 more than england. so i sheltered in the safety of my dry hostel and went for a walk around the town it had 2 streets it took 5 minutes to visit the info centre the 2 shops and walk back via the petrol station yes it really had that many places to go. <br ...

We left Makarora and made our way up the coast stopping for Breakfast in Haast. A two hour drive later and we arrived in Fox Glacier the first of the large Glaciers. We walked around the bottom and took a couple of pictures then I realised I left my coat in Haast - doh! We finished looking around the giant ice mountain before driving back to Haast to pick up my coat. We then stopped for lunch back in Haast for monkfish &amp; chips ...

We had booked a heli hike on Franz Josef glacier for the afternoon but due to rain it was cancelled so we just ****** about for the day. We drove over to see the glacier and seriously what a dissapointment it was in comparison to Perito Moreno in Argentina but we were told that by people we met in S.America who had seen the two. Ror jogged back from glacier while I drove the car - first time they let me behind the wheel! We ate in the local pub ...

... higher and check in at my Greenfern villa &#8211; a spacious apartment with a large lounge looking towards the mountains and a separate bedroom. <br><br>After a quick lunch in the town I find out that my luck with the weather so far was about to change and I had about two hours before the rain set in. So, I decided to head to Lake Matheson where I had been told ...

... down to the Fox Glacier. Unfortunately it was a bit misty so we abandoned our plan to hike to a view point and instead went to Lake Matheson. We walked around the edge of the lake to a point where we could see Mount Cook in the distance. We then drove to Gillespie's beach to see the driftwood, which was loads of dead trees scattered all over the beach. By now it was raining heavily (the West Coast apparently has 200 days of rain a year) so we headed north.<br>

... our support. The last week has been amazing. I don't want to sound corny or fond of a cliche - but I'm having the time of my life. The last few entries have been a bit rushed and so hopefully the pics are entertaining even if the blog itself is a bit dull. Blame it all on New Zealand - I can't take myself away from it long enough to have to make it sound I'm having a ball - I just am. On my iPod Ice Ice Baby - Vanilla Ice

... came sliding down and 2) I now had time for a quick drive to the beach (20km down the road), where I could view the glaciers from the ocean (again, a very odd sight) before heading to catch my helicopter flight up to hike Franz Josef. Navigating a very windy and unpaved road, I made it to the beach just in time to snap a few photos and then head back towards Fox Glacier and onto Franz Josef. <br><br>Seeing the glacier from the air in a low ...

... Franz Josefisse jätkata bussiga, sest autorentimisevõimalused pole seal just suured. Otsus oli väga õige, sest meil sattus olema väga lahe bussijuht, kes oli ühtlasi ka lasteaiakasvataja, naljamees ja giid. Ja üldse mitte halvas mõttes! Alguses tundus veidike kohtlane, kuid hiljem nentisime, et ta on lihtsalt inimene, kes armastab oma tööd. Igas peatuspaigas oli tal oma äri ajada (vedas postipakke v kaupa) ja igas kohvikus oli ta ...