Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Day 159 - Franz Josef, New Zealand

Day 159 – 14th November 2005 +13:00 GMT Total Miles 28748

After a bit of a chat with the guys who run the guided tours onto the Glacier we decided we would not bother paying the $80 each as it takes 90 mins to walk to the glacier and then you spend 40 minutes climbing the first part and then you have to turn around and come back. So we decided we would just walk along the riverbed up to the glacier. So when we were all up we drove the 5km from the village to the glacier car park and followed the track. This lead us first through the rain forest and then along the rocky river bed, there was hardly any water flowing at the moment.


A Waterfall


The Rocky Riverbed

The Franz Josef Glacier has been receding up until around the late 1970’s and now it is beginning to advance again. The photo’s they have show the ice covering miles and miles of the riverbed. The Glacier can advance at a rate of a metre a day. The Glacier looked spectacular, we did not go to close as bits of ice were breaking off and it can be quite dangerous.


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Me at The Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


Franz Josef Glacier


My on the Rocks

We then took a walk back along the riverbed to the car and drove back to the hostel and it started to rain. Jill and I decided to take the opportunity to update the photo’s on our blog, the internet café across the road said I could plug in my laptop to there network so I could upload my photos. In the evening I cooked some food and we sat around and chatted to some of the other guests then I played a few games of chess against and Dutch guy and then a German guy before calling it a night.

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