Franz Josef
March 21st 2007 The drive from Hokitika (Blog: Hokitika Gorge) to the small township of Franz Josef became more and more spectacularly scenic the closer we got, passing more blue glacial ice melt rivers and increasingly high mountains. Sadly, however, the cloud was also closing in. We arrived at Franz Josef mid-afternoon to find it submerged in a grey, drizzly haze. Not much chance of seeing the snow-capped mount
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