After much deliberation on which way to go next we decided to extend our stay a few days and stay a few days in Greymouth so that we could do both the Franz Joseph Glacier Hike and some white water rafting. After Shenton did some dolphin riding we headed off to the Glacier, a 2 1/2 hour drive away, if you are from New Zealand, a 1 3/4 hour trip if your name is Shenton, we could not undersatnd why when the roads were so desreted that everyone kept to the 100km per hour speed limit, see later as to why.... The Glacier was amazing, only one of three Glaciers in the world where there is Rain Forest on the side of the Glacier, the others are the Fox Glacier (1 hour down the road) and
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