Hey guys! I can't remember when I last updated this so sorry if I repeat anything! Ok, so on Monday we left Picton and drove to a nearby town called Nelson. We had lunch there and looked around the shops. We then drove to Greymouth which is where we spent the night. The hostel was a bit weird as only seemed to have girls in it and was run by two fairly old (for a hostel anyway!) women so we did wonder if it was some sort of nunnery...! Met a really weird old woman who was staying there and kept going on about new zealand (which was where she was from) and how you never really know what its like until you go into someones house and that we aren't getting the 'full' experience by staying in hostels...! The next day we left there and drove to Franz Josef, stopping at Westport along the way. It was a good drive as there were picturesque views everywhere with the mountains and rivers that we drove past. We checked into our hostel and then at 2pm we went kayaking. It was great. We did in in a black water lake which was surrounded by snowcapped mountains, so lovely views. We went right across the lake and then through a rainforest. We did about 8km in total! My arms killed today though! After that we went back to the hostel for dinner then in the evening we went and had tea and cake in a nearby restaurant. Today we went on a glacier hike. It was really good but sooooo tiring! There were bits which were really steep and it was very cold! Had 5 layers on top and two on the bottom plus gloves and a hat! But it was well worth it. We climbed really high and went through some caves and crevases. There were some scary points though, especially when we were walking on the edge of a crevase that we were told had a 30-40m drop and there was no barrier! It rained for a lot of the time so that didn't help either! But it lasted 6hrs in total including all the prep. Tonight we have been out for dinner and were too tired to cook and I think it'll be an early night for us! Hope everyone is well xxxxx