Blogs from Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 10

Fox Glacier is a miracle to me. The base is only 200m above sea level and the top is only about 700, I think. why does it not melt awy faster? I am told that there is a large basin at the top which feeds into ice and the glacier moves down the gorge at 1 meter per day. It was receding until 1985 and now it is growing again very slowly. It is an amazing experience to go up onto the ice itself and see the crevasses and qwater running along the top and down into the 'moulins' - holes only to reappear at the base as a river. The walk to the glacier goes along the hillside and covers 700 steps upwards. One of our party felt faint and had to return - a ... read more

Hi, We've been at a campsite at Fox Glacier for the past two days. On the way here we picked up a American couple that we ended up hanging out with for the day. We've been doing many smaller 1/2 day walks and are enjoying the hot showers! We can't upload photo's at the moment but we'll try to do that soon. Tomorrow we're off to Queenstown to do some rafting, a canyon swing and skydive. Sweet! Sean 1/23/09 Enjoy the photos, we'll add more as we have time.... read more

Jueves 01-ene-09 y Viernes 2-ene-09 En memoria de nuestra pequeña y compacta compañera G9 (pequeña en tamaño pero grande en prestaciones) se decretan dos días de luto fotográfico, lluvias torrenciales y sol a media asta, en toda la isla sur. Y aprovecho la ocasión para homenajear a otros miembros caídos en batalla con el día a día: Las botas (tan fieles, no daban un paso sin mi) La toalla (tan suave, pero con ese carácter tan absorbente) Las gafas de sol (tan transparentes, pero con esa mirada tan oscura) Los calcetines (tan cariñosos, con esos abrazos que duraban días) La gorra (tan protectora, ya fuera con lluvia o con sol) El mp3 (tan alegre, siempre cantando en mi oído) La sudadera (tan servicial, se quedaba con lo peor de mi) La pulsera (tan flexible, se ... read more

Der var desværre ikke noget nyt i morges, da Thomas ringede til Apollo. Det virker som om, de ikke aner, hvad de skal gøre. Thomas fik besked på, at blev nød til at vente på, at deres kontor i Brisbane åbnede. Vi var enige om, at vi ikke bare ville sidde i autocamperen og vente hele dagen. Vi bookede derfor en tur til den anden gletcher; Fox Glacier og en sø (Lake Matheson), hvor der skulle være et helt fantastisk spejlbillede af bjergene, hvis ellers vejret tillader. Vi ville blive hentet på campingpladsen kl. 13.30, heldigvis var der ikke andre, der skulle med. Formiddagen brugte Thomas og Anton på at udvikle nye spil med nogle små bolde, vi har købt. De var begge to helt forsvedte, da vi nåede frokost. Anna hyggede sig i camperen med ... read more

and that's just what they do We spent our last days in the North Island driving many hours a day to make it to Wellington with a day to spare there, before getting the ferry back to the South Island. The last 2 nights we spent in windy, black sanded beaches: 1st at Turakinae Head, where a bunch of night fishermen spooked us big time and the 2nd at Sinclair Head where, according to the map, there was a seal colony so, after spending the day in Wellington, we parked the van and went for a walk in search of the seals: to find them you must walk on a pebble and sand track, fighting with the tail wind so you won't fly away and, when you get there... there are only 4 seals!!!, literally!!; I ... read more