After Nelson we went on a LONG bus journey, 10 hours or something like that...

Travelling down the westcoast (which we have now done in it's entirety) the coach drivers gave us commentaries; its safe to say we have heard a lot about south island. Most of the towns have developed because of gold rushes and thats basically what everything came down to...

We left Nelson at the crack of dawn and got to Fox Glacier as the sun was setting. We had some real luck with our room in the fact that it was in a slightly seperate building of the hostel and we were bunked up with some really cool travellers who had met a couple of nights before up in a hut in the mountains. They recommended this amazing trail that led to this wicked hut with hot springs. If we'd had the time and the gear (or maybe the fitness levels) it would have definitely been something to try!

The next day we really tried to make the most of our 1 day in Fox and took a shuttle to Lake Matheson which was really pretty. That was a 1 and a half hour walk... and then after lunch we took another shuttle to walk to the base of the Glacier which was another hour walk. Its an incredible glacier and yet again with more time and more money, a helihike would have been fantastic to see the whole thing!

We met this really nice israeli guy caled Tal who joined us on one of our walks and for lunch and dinner. He was just really enthusiastic and friendly which is the exact kind of person i expected to meet out here. its a bit of a shame that its a slightly different crowd here but its all luck and chance with who you meet and we havent exactly been unlucky! Mels been feeling a bit under the weather for a while. She's making the most of her time but really feels tired and cold a lot. Tal joined Anna and I on a little glowworm mission into some scary bushwalk at night which was really fun and very cool to see glowworms in the while. We'd had a tip off from our shuttle driver and was well worth braving the rain!

We're still really enjoying the brilliant hostels annas picked out and managed to have a sauna and watch a couple of movies during our stay at fox too :) - sounds like its all easy but trust me - im shattered!