Everyone more or less made it to the bus on time this morning. Some of the guys were still sporting their outfits from last night and a couple of the girls were being sick, but we headed off on time an hour up the road to the Bushman centre. Here you can learn a bit more about New Zealand's wildlife, in particular the possum as well as sample a possum pie. No one however was up to stomaching that and opted for the more traditional breakfast instead.
We arrived into Franz Josef, New Zealands glacier region around lunchtime. There are over 60 glaciers in the surrounding national park including the Franz Josef and Fox Glaciers. It is one of the only places in he world where glaciers descend into rainforest (the only other being Patagonia).
We went for a quick walk to view the glacier that we will be walking up tomorrow. I couldn't decide between a heli hike (an hours scenic helicopter
ride followed by a two hour hike) or a full day hike, but in the end opted for the more challenging walking option. The weather forecast for tomorrow is not great though, so I hope we still get some good pictures.Decided to spend the afternoon catching up on emails, cooking a meal and soaking in the hot tub. Was going to have an early night however some of the bus are keen on doing the naked mile at midnight so I might have to stay up for that just for the amusement factor. And before you ask no I won't be participating!
1 comment:
Claire, your letting the side down, I cant think why you wont take part in the naked mile ;-)
Glad to all about your antics. You certainly seem to be having fun. Cant quite work out the time differences - you post on the 28th at 20:00, yet im reading this on the 28th at 08:00 on the way to work. Crazy.
Keep having fun.
take care
bx
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