Blogs from Fox Glacier, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

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

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

Just another Island? On that Friday morning I drove down to the harbor and got myself and my new car on the ferry. Yeah, the EEL was left behind. After a few days I got fed up with it. Not the car as such. The CD player in the EEL. It could only play the first 5-6 songs on every CD and often it didn't do that very well. Apart from the odd hitchhikers and a Norwegian guy who went along for a day and a half, I had pretty much been sitting in that car alone for hours every day and then it does make a big difference if you can listen to your music of choice or the local radio from Masterton or god knows where. So the EEL was changed to the EDS ... read more