Well, after a few days of travelling on the kiwi experience bus for backpackers, we have got to Franz Josif. The trip here was very impressive. First thing we did was to drive through the mountains to get to the west side of the south island. We stopped at Mahenapua which had a lovely lake and beach, and stayed in a small country pub style accommodation. In the evening there was a themed party for us which was a Toga party. It was fun!! Then yesterday we drove here. Today we have been hiking on the glacier all day! It was beautiful! The glacier is huge and we only got about half way up in a whole day! There were massive crevasis and ice caves and steep cliffs of ice to explore which was great. We were in a big group which was split in half with a guide for each. We went in the faster group and ended up havng an extended tour as we were on the ice longer than we were suppose to be, but it was brilliant. I even got a certificate! We have a long day of travelling to do tomorrow before we have a stop over then we get to Queenstown for a few days. So far, New Zealand is very impressive!!! xxxxxxxxx