Day 11- Poo Pub to Franz Josef Glacier
Today the bus left at 9am, and we had a long journey through the Southern Alps through to Franz Josef town. I had a killer migraine which was hell, so pretty much as soon as we got there i went to bed, hoping to be better by the time we were booked to do our glacier walk the next day. Not very exciting really.
Day 12- Franz Josef
Turns out i wasnt better in time for the glacier walk... There were a couple of people who didnt do the walk, so i wasnt on my own, but still felt bad cuz i couldnt do it, and i had spent the past 2 years of A level Geog learning about them !! Anyway, i just relaxed today and didnt really do much, did some laundry which desperately needed doing, and slept/read... The only good thing about where we were staying was that i could see the glacier from my window.
Day 13- Franz Josef to Wanaka...
Well its back to raining today... We stopped at a lake where we should have been able to see a mirror image of Mount Cook and Mount Tasman reflected into the lake, but because of the clouds being so low and the pouring rain, we couldnt see anything... There was an hour long walk that we could do here, only about 5 people did it, the rest of us sat in the cafe and drank hot chocolate/coffee trying to warm up !!
Once we had come in off the coast, and over the Southern Alps on the Haast Pass, the sun came out and it was beautiful... but still cold..We drove past Lake Hawea and Lake Wanaka which were both carved out by glaciers...
They are so pretty!When we arrived in Wanaka, we just relaxed and walked around the tiny town to take pics etc... The snow capped mountains surrounding the Lake were just gorgeous... Tonight we just watched films..
Day 14- Wanaka to Queenstown
We arrived in the party capital of New Zealand quite late on in the day... Its a beautiful mountain resort... Sooo expensive though... Tonight was our last night with our driver, so it was a BIG night out!! So much fun though... Really love it here..
Day 15- Queenstown
Today we got a free breakfast, and as breakfast finishes at 10.30am, we set our alarms for 10.20 and stumbled down in our pjamas piling our plates high as they cleared away...We then all went back to bed until about 1pm... Then we got up, showered and changed and headed out into the town to explore... We found a really nice park to relax in and we all sat on the grass and ended up falling asleep in the sun! Tonight was a chillax night again, because its pub crawl night tomorrow night (and our last night in Queenstown)...
Day 16- Queenstown...Today was a late start as well... We all got up and went to sit down by the lake and relax... Then did nothing for the day... Just relaxing outside in the sun all day really.. We came back and got shwered and changed etc then got ready for our big night out tonight on the pub crawl... Which was amazing... Loved it... Very late night !
Day 17- Queenstown to Christchurch
Today we had an early start which wasnt appreciated but hey... We had an 8 hour journey to start... We covered 500km! We arrived in Christchurch at about 5pm! We looked around the city... Its so much like the UK its wierd... All the places are named after places in the UK, like the main river that runs through Christchurch is called the River Avon... The street names in Christchurch are after towns n cities in England and there are suburbs called Oxford and Brighton! Wierd eh!?!?Well, after walking around for a bit, we got something to eat, and showered and ready for bed... Just sat about talking tonight... It was the last night for most of us... Including me n mike.. Tomorrow we fly back to Hamilton!!
The trip has been amazing ! I have absolutely loved every bit of it... Seen some amazing things and been to some amazing places that i will defo have to take mum, dad and lauren when they get down here...
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