My next location was Franz Joseph where my activities begun!!! There is so much to do here in NZ but being on a budget I promised myself just to do alot of the free or cheap activites i.e the sightseeing, walks etc but I did limit myself to a few of the big activities and these were Kayaking, Glacier Hiking and Skiing! On the way we stopped at Ross Goldfields which was where gold had been found and you could have a go at trying to find your own! When we got to Franz I did the Kayaking on Lake Mapourika in the afternoon, it is a black water lake and we ended up rowing 7k in total which I was pretty chuffed about beings my upper arm strength is about as good as my little
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