Queens town to Franz Joseph


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November 1st 2017
Published: November 2nd 2017
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Hi everyone,

So,Franz Joesph glascier is where you come to chill out ! Lol The journey should have taken 5 hours but with lunch and photo stops it took us 8 hours. Lots of winding roads. Our sat nav bleeps if the speed limit is exceeded which is bad news for Pat as speed limits are not his best thing. I told him every time I heard this noise he would have to give me $10 to spend on myself. Unfortunately for him I now am owed $110. Ha ha

I have nicknamed the journey “sandfly massacre”. We stopped to admire the view in The Mount Aspiring National Park. OMG all The sandflies in NZ descended on us. They were the most vicious blood sucking little critters I have ever come across. Not only did they try to eat us alive they chased us back into the car and continued their attack. Passers by must have wondered what was going on when they could see us clambering over the back seats to try and squash these awful insects. They grew to about double their size after filling up on our blood. Anyway eventually we killed them all and continued on our way,windows and doors firmly shut.

The scenery today did not disappoint. We went through so many different types of terrain. Some was like parkland some forest Some even tropical and loads of mountains.The weather today has been great until later this afternoon when it became a little dull and threatened to rain. Not looking brilliant for the next few days But I’m sure we can work around this. Staying in a nice motel appartment.Have some interesting things planned for tomorrow weather permitting.


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Amazing reflections at Lake Hawaii
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