I'm going to let the snaps do the talking for the last few days.
Approaching the Franz Josef glacier on our way from Greymouth. The blueness of the water is the real deal. Pure glacier water.
Franz Josef. Alpine town. Does a big trade in skiing aswell as summer hiking, helicopter tours etc.
Franz Joseph Glacier
Puzzle World in Wanaka. Caleb's favourite bit so far.
Kinda sums up the cheeky humour of the place
You close an eye and the faces follow you and yadda yadda. I reckon it's an interesting pic.
The maze. First half hour was fun. And then it got stressful.
We've been in Dunedin about a day now. It's a college town on the south eastern coast that's like the Scottish outpost in New Zealand. The main square in the town, the Octagon, features a statue of the great Robbie Burns, and the city is named similarly to Edinburgh.
It's a fair bit cooler down here and an extra layer will be required for the next few days. Bit like home actually. We're staying with Thelma, Calebs great-grandmother, who is in her early eighties but has energy and an interest in the world around her that is inspiring. We finished a lovely dinner last night, sat down to watch Frozen Planet and then had a long discussion on the crisis in the Euro,dodgy NZ investment firms (where the thieving scumbags at least end up in court) and the tent at the Galway races.
Things are slowing down a bit now and it's going to be catching up with family for the next couple of days. That's okay though. The mad dash is done and we can concentrate on not concentrating until Saturday morning, when we have to fly back to Auckland for the last week.
Can't believe we've been in New Zealand a week and a half.
Approaching the Franz Josef glacier on our way from Greymouth. The blueness of the water is the real deal. Pure glacier water.
Franz Josef. Alpine town. Does a big trade in skiing aswell as summer hiking, helicopter tours etc.
Franz Joseph Glacier
We've been in Dunedin about a day now. It's a college town on the south eastern coast that's like the Scottish outpost in New Zealand. The main square in the town, the Octagon, features a statue of the great Robbie Burns, and the city is named similarly to Edinburgh.
It's a fair bit cooler down here and an extra layer will be required for the next few days. Bit like home actually. We're staying with Thelma, Calebs great-grandmother, who is in her early eighties but has energy and an interest in the world around her that is inspiring. We finished a lovely dinner last night, sat down to watch Frozen Planet and then had a long discussion on the crisis in the Euro,dodgy NZ investment firms (where the thieving scumbags at least end up in court) and the tent at the Galway races.
Things are slowing down a bit now and it's going to be catching up with family for the next couple of days. That's okay though. The mad dash is done and we can concentrate on not concentrating until Saturday morning, when we have to fly back to Auckland for the last week.
Can't believe we've been in New Zealand a week and a half.
Landscape looks stunning.
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