Blogs from Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 12

I finally spelled Haast correctly. Could not find it in the guide books because I thought it was Hast. Oh well. It is just a wide spot in the road. The rain came down in sheets last night. We went for a walk to see the Fox Glacier. They said it was 5 min. walk, like hell it was. Maybe a mountain goat to do it in 5 min.s but it took about 45 min.s for Juanita. I do have to say, I admired her determination and it was well worth it when we got there. Juanita crashed and burned about 8 PM and was awake at 7 AM. Last night, in the rain we gassed up the car and then asked about a grocery store. They sent us 5 K down the road. It stopped ... read more

After leaving Queenstown, we drove to Fox Glacier. It was again a beautiful drive, first through the sunny hills and plains between Queenstown and Wanaka, and then through the impressive rainforest… in the rain! We took some breaks from driving, Michiel and I went to look at the sea and got very wet and cold (the waves were a little higher and faster than we had expected…) but it was a lot of fun. When we arrived in Fox Glacier it was still raining however, so we were afraid that the heli-hike to the Franz Josef glacier the next day would be cancelled. But lucky as we were, the weather cleared the next day (allegedly we were in the only dry place in New Zealand at that moment), so Michiel and I could go onto the ... read more

We have had a fantastic time at the glaciers. I did a heli hike amongst white and pale blue ice, quite beautiful. We have been on a night time walk to see glowworms and were up at 6 am this morning to walk around Lake Matheson ( hour and a half ). We were able to photograph spectacular views with the mountains reflected in the water. We are now at beautiful Lake Moeraki, a wilderness lodge. It is hot and sunny and a glass of chilled Marlborough wine is waiting for me. Things are definitely getting better!!... read more

Idag var det bare aa komme seg opp til frokosten kl 7 for aa komme oss avgaarde tvers igjennom Canterbury Plains og inn til The southern Alps og Fox Glacier! Paa veien stoppet vi ved flere vannfall og vi kjoerte gjennom fjorder og fjell. Soeroya paa New Zealand er ligner veldig paa Norge!! Vi stoppet for aa spise lunch i Hokitika, foer vi kjoerte videre mot de to stoerste isbreene i landet; Fox glacier og Franz Josef. Paa denne turen har vi virkelig faatt sett hele New Zealand, og soeroya er bare helt supervakker! Da vi kom frem til der vi skulle bo for natten, viste det seg at vi hadde blitt skviset ut av noen andre som hadde tatt hotellrommene vaare, saa vi maatte bo litt bortenfor hotellet paa ikke saa pene rom. Paa bussen ... read more

Por más que me guste esto de poner las fotos en internet y poder compartirlas con uds; sigue sin convencerme esto de no poder "agarrar las fotos". Para aclarar lo que quiero decir ...si bien sacamos cerca de 4500 fotos. perdimos 200.... buuuuuuuuu Pro bsuque en internet fotos de algunos de los lugares para que puedan verlos. De el glaciar Franz Josef nos fuimos al segundo glaciar, el Fox. Hicimos varias caminatas por antiguos caminos de mineros , tuneles y lagunas. Fuimos a Lake Matheson, desde el cual se puede ver el Mt Cook, pero cuando nosotros llegamos estaba nublado y llovia...Llagamos luego hasta Haast y Jackson Bay... uno de lso últimos puntos en la costa Oeste. Una de las fotos que más lamento haber perdido es la de lso delfines. Esa noche,despeusde Jackson Bay, dormimos ... read more