Blogs from Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 2

Hi Everyone We're well into our 18 day tour of New Zealand's South Island. Have picked out a few highlights to share. Hope you enjoy them. Remember to click on first photo to view all as a slide show in larger format. Please add a comment after the last photo if you wish. Cheers from Garry & Jan... read more

Sky diving is the tops guys, that was such a rush, not as fightening as the bungy but lasted way way longer, so cool, im buzzing.... read more

Hello folks! Our adventure continues. This past week has been marked by two wonderful experiences. We took the TranzAlpine train from Greymouth on the west coast to Christchurch on the east coast over the Southern Alps through Arthur's pass, following along the various glacial rivers situated in broad valleys with large herds of sheep and cattle grazing - staying over night in Christchurch and then returning the next day. This provided us with the opportunity to see a part of NZ that we would otherwise not have seen. At this time of year, the water level in the rivers is quite low, revealing expanses of gravel on either side that indicated just how wide the rivers would be during the spring runoff. Although only in Christchurch for one night, we stayed in the Y on the ... read more

january 2, 2012 by Craig Hello, or Kia Ora, from NZ. We have been here now for 11days and have had 11 straight days of sunshine. Must be some sort of record for the South Island of NZ? ! From Milford Sound we traveled up to Queenstown, where we stayed for a few days, including NYE. The three of us became smitten with the place, perhaps due to its innate beauty, the glorious weather and the buzzy atmosphere. Queenstown is the adventure capital of NZ - home of bungee jumping, etc. Whatever you want to do, you can do it here. We did not partake in any of the adrenal-surging stuff, but instead took the gondola up the mountain for awesome views back over the city, Lake Wakatipu on which it sits, and the huge surrounding ... read more

We eten helaas hier veel vlees en maar 2 keer vege in de week. Vooral omdat er OVERAL maar dan letterlijk overal soja doorgedraaid is! De lechitine op zich is voor mij niet zo heel erg (soms weet ik het gewoon niet), maar het is vooral de sojabloem, sojabonen, lupine , olie , etc. Dus vege worstjes, burgers is een njet. Ook vele groenten in blik dan zit er soja in. Ik ben verplicht om krakotten te eten , uit het dure rek van 'gluten free' als we geen Dr.Vogel brood vinden. Tot nu toe is het Vogel brood het enige brood dat ik kan eten. Het is ook niet in elke supermarkt te vinden... In Queenstown hadden we dan es een gewone bakker gevonden , we kopen daar een brood omdat het verkoopstertje had gezegd ... read more

De Westkust hier heeft het meeste regen van het land. En als het regent, dan giet het! Je neemt best bij elke wandeling een regenjas mee! Ook al is het zomer en snikheet, toch kan er elk moment een storm uitbarsten! De westkust ligt tussen de Alpen en de Tasman Sea. Er zijn hier 5 nationale parken (het meeste in de West kust streek), de hoogste bergen zijn hier gelegen en het beroemdste de gletsjers tussen het regenwoud! In de gletsjers hier kan je wandelen. Weliswaar met een gids , want ze zijn ook zeer gevaarlijk. Bijna jaarlijks zijn er hier, al dan niet, dodelijke ongevallen van toeristen die zich buiten de veilige zone willen begeven of zonder gids de gletsjers willen bezoeken. Wie de gletsjers in wil moet ook voorzien zijn van de nodige hulpstukken ... read more

Well then, we arrived in Fox in fine form to go and see the Fox Glacier. We drove first to the lookout point, which seemed to be lacking a real lookout, oh, and wait, yeah, a bathroom. Unfortunately I had been counting on this and despite running around for 20 minutes deeper into the woods looking for it, I couldn't find it. The unfortunate Kiwi or tourist will find a terrible surprise if they wander off the beaten bath. We did eventually find a bathroom after I waddled around for another 20 minutes up the road to a different car park (it was a huge relief). We saw the Fox glacier with the sun shining, but when we reached the car the clouds had become thick so we drove back to the beach. After eating dinner ... read more