Woke this morning to a glorious sight - and site- the mountains clear and blue skies. night we went looking for gloworms - but in the wrong place!though we saw some glowing things, not sure what they were. If you come to NZ you have to organise your trip round visiting the site, Jackson's Retreat - it's that good.
We went for a bushwalk, a truly natural on, this a.m. Beautiful plantlife, lots of incredible birdsong, though we only managed to see a few as the bush is so thick - cape pigeons , weta (bush hens) and bellbirds. The trail led to the pub, handily, and it was as good as the campsite.
then sadly it was time to move on, and we drove following thwe ice-blue river down to the coast. Jen with bad hayfever - great time to find I'm allergic to NZ pollen. We passed a lake where the picnic benches were half-submerged, looked like an English summer! We've been so lucky, they had an atrocious storm last weekend here, people are saying the worst they've ever seen Roads were washed away, a lot of damage done. But the sun's still hot for us!
We stopped off at Franz Josef and walked up to look at the glacier there - awesome, and an evil-looking grey river flowing from it. Then on to here - Fox - another lovely campsite, on the slopes of Mount Cook. It has its head in the clouds, but the forcast's good again for tomorrow when we're booked to do the helicopter flight landing on the glacier.
love to all of you following, it's great to see so many people taking an interest. We think of you all lots. But we don't want to come back yet!
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We're really enjoying your blog, what a brilliant idea! South America sounded amazing. Good to read your reactions to NZ and glad you saw the road to Molesworth.
Can't wait to see you (and your photos) on your return.
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