Now in the town of Franz Josef, down the road from a huge glacier. was going to do ice climbing today but it turned out to be more expensive than i thought. so i'm having a chill out day. its foggy and raining anyway.
so after i left Picton on the bus we went on to the Abel Tasmand national park, where we stayed right in the park for a couple on nights. we went sailing for the day on performance catamarans which was fun. well it would have been had there been any wind. as it was we did lots of motoring. we saw an adult seagull pecking to death a baby one. nice. also some fur seals, apparently there were orcas in the bay but we didn't see any. after ATNP we motored down to a teeny village on the west coast of the south island called Barrytown, or Barry - no town, or Baz Vegas. stayed in this little pub which convieniently had boxes and boxes of dressing up clothes. so for want of anything better to do we had a fancy dress party. cue lots of men wearing dresses. our driver, Gollum was dressed as gollum, very scary. went for a walk on the wind swept beach the next morning to look for greenstone but i wasn't in luck, not many people are.
so now we're in Franz Josef, tomorrow we go on to a place called Makarora, and after that Queenstown. then hopefully i'll get on a bus and go right down to the south and see Milford SOund, Dunedin and Stewart Island. only 2 weeks now and i'll be in Australia.
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Blog is looking good! Glad to hear travels are continuing well. Sounds like you are having lots a fun and some great experiences. I have spent almost a week in Raglan.. great place, people and surf wasn't too bad! Will whitter on to you more soon. Have fun with the camper van in Oz. A x
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