Woop woop my longest lay in this morning. I got up at 10.30. Was much needed but it meant I didn't get to return and do one of the other glacier hikes. Which would have giving me an aerial view from the side. Not sure if my legs could've hacked it anyway cause it's over a 7 hour walk in total. I done a shorter walk closer to the hostel instead, that went to a cave system which you could go in and explore. However I did not have a flashlight so went in a little wa...

Franz Josef is crazy, it took 3 hours to get here and it's just surrounded by like rainforest type fauna. It's stunning, most surreal location a hostel has been in so far. I just walk out the front door to be confronted by a massive cliff covered in trees. As soon as I got here I walked to the Franz Josef glacier the main tourist attraction. It took about 2 hours to walk there and is very imposing. The walk goes along a dry river bed which apparently can flood ...

McDonalds breakfast & KFC dinner. Also watched unstoppable, not bad but not deserving of 1 let alone 2 Oscar nominations.

KFC breakfast & McDonalds dinner.

Luckily the hostel manager gave me and a few others a lift to the bus stop. Didn't really fancy walking there at 7.00am. The destination today is greymouth. I do not think I will be writing many posts due to the fact it is another place with not much to do. Another decent hostel and the second which is also a pub. I've already explored the whole town and for dinner had my 1st KFC. 5 bits of chicken and a large chips. And by the way new zealanders do not understan...