It's the Magic bus around New Zealand!!

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Wow!! Time goes by....so fast!! We did a lot since my last post...
We left Christchurch by train on the ...the 18th, I think it was! I'm so confused with dates! So we tok the Tranz Scenic train that took us across the country going through beautiful scenery (that's where the name of the train is from 😉 ) We arrived at Greymouth in the middle of the day.....again a 5-8 street town with a McDo and a KFC....

We had a wonderful hostel called Noah's Ark...Basically, all the rooms had an animal theme to it!! (Renee i thought about you, there was one for cows!! :p ) Unfortunately, there was this girl who was SNORING so LOUD!! I managed to sleep most of the night but Phil didn't....he actually wanted to kill her this morning :p

Anyways, so this morning we grabbed the Magic Bus (basically, it's like a bus pass we have with this company...they take us through a fized itinerary but if we decide to stay longer, such as where we are now, it's fine since there are buses every morning, so we just hop on the next bus....We have to be back in Christchurch on the 28th of Feb, so till then, we are taking our time going down on the West Coast to Queenstown and then up the East coast to Christchurch.)

So this morning we left Greymouth towards Fazer Josef (where we are now) We stopped at Hokitika where they are big in Greenstone (marbre vert) and the beach over there has grey sand...pretty weird!

THen we went down to Ross, a gold mining town (town as in, there are 5 buildings....:p ) and then headed to Pukekura where there was a Bushmen museum ( Phil and I didn't go...didn't felt like it, we chilled outside with the deer and the Turkey...:p) Oh did you know that the Possum is overpopulating the whole region where we are...pour bus driver/tour guide asked us to run over a few if we drive in the area since they are killing the plants... :p

And now here we are at the bottom of a Glacier, Franz Josef glacier...we saw it this afternoon when we got here but now it is soooo cloudy that we can't see it....We're staying at the Chateau Franz, Phil and I are in separate dorms in different buildings...pretty funny! We're staying here two nights and then heading south to Queenstown where we'll spend most probably 3 days....Goign to hike the Glacier tomorrow, i'm super excited...Phil isn't as excited 'cause he's seen glacier before in the west...

So that's pretty much it for now folks! Internet is pretty expensive around here, and so is it to call....I guess it's hard to get the phones to work...

Phil's posting pictures so go and check 'em out!! 😊

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Comments

[Lisa]

What a trip!
Magic Bus rides - woohoo! Keep having fun - I like the pics and enjoy the vino! Stay safe! Hugs, Lisa

[Ardelle]

Nouvelle-Zélande
Allo Maude, I`m glad you are enjoying yourself. Est-ce que tu as pu trouver de l'or! Dis moi, avez vous vu le volcan à Christchurch? Il semble avoir tellement de choses à voir..incroyable! et que je vous envie!! wish I was 21 again..bisousxxx