Franz Josef - Lighting of the Beacons in Lord of the Rings

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I wrote an entry earlier, but it accidently got deleted before I could publish it, then of course my internet time was used up 😞 very frustrating.

Anyway, we went to Franze Josef Glacier where apparently the lighting of the beacons in lord of the rings was films. It was huge and it was a nice day walk to go view it. We considered spending $150 dollars each to walk up the glacier with a tour, but we have been doing so much hiking, we felt we needed a day off. Plus, it was expensive! We got some great pictures. Our favourite glacier was for sure Franz Josef, far more impressive than Fox Glacier just 20 minutes down the road.

We stayed at Gillepsie's Beach that evening where we got eaten alive by sandflies. We are still healing one week later. It was well worth it though because the next morning went for a walk to a seal's colony. Keith got really close to one and got some great pictures (he was careful not to disturb them - they didn't seem to notice him).

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