Arrived last night by 3 1/2 hour ferry trip.
Located here at the IBIS, the first hotel I came across.
Prices are cheap around $100 p/n.
The cheapest yet in New Zealand.
Here’s a view of the waterfront from Te Papa museum, rock gardens.
Month: January 2007
Random Photos
Just some random photos I took along the way.
Service station. somewhere.
Hanmer Springs.
Hog swap
Today have exchanged bikes.
Have changed the RoadKing, for this Soft-tail.
With this new mobile, I am going to journey toward the North Island.
Three of the Best – Franz Josef, Tasman and Fox Glacier
These are 3 of the most active and largest Glaciers in New Zealand with ice-flows in the region of 4 meters per day.
Spectacular.
Here are some photos to give you an impression.
Helicopter Flight
I have opted to take a helicopter flight. The weather is just good enough for us to take in 3 glaciers, 2 on the west side of Mount Cook and the Tasman on the east.
Franz Josef Glacier
Franz Josef, Takeoff. New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Fox Glacier
Fox Glacier, New Zealand
These are the two opposing watersheds West side.
Crevasses
Crevasses, Fox Glacier, New Zealand
Tasman Glacier
This is New Zealand’s longest glacier at 8km long.
Nothing can prepare you for coming round Mt. Cook and looking down from 10,000 feet on this monster, the mountains of the Cook range in the background.
It’s still difficult to believe it took so short a time to get up here.
If you were to climb, the gravity of the mountain, surroundings and views would be once in a lifetime.
But hey, we don’t all have the time and experience to climb 10,000ft mountains, so these photo’s go some way of reminding me how amazing a place this is.
Glacier
Thats right, it’s a Glacier.
Three of the best
New Zealand is the only place in the world, where glaciers and rain forest meet.