For lunch we stopped in a tiny town called Haast. It really couldn't be more than a stopover for bus tours. There was one cafe and four motels. I'm surprised it even gets a name on the map. We made PB&J sandwiches on a picnic table outside to enjoy the scenery but instead got attacked by sandflies, a bee and a very persistent seagull (stupid seagull). It was not a pleasant stopover. Back into the car. Once we got on the road again we were now traveling along the coast. There were some amazing views of the Tasman Sea and the coastline.
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| The Tasman Sea |
By around 2pm we were up by Fox Glacier (one of two glacier's in the area) and we stopped to walk up to the glacier, but we didn't actually get very close. The same with Franz Josef glacier. If we had really wanted to see the glacier, we could have paid $100-$200 NZD per person to do a guided tour and walk on the glacier, but our budget and level of interest didn't really allow for that. So we had to do with the poor-man's view. A large block of ice, whoop-dee-doo. We both agree that glacier's are probably best viewed from the air.
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| Fox Glacier |
We stayed in the cute little town of Franz Josef. It was two streets big and took us about 10 minutes to walk. We had dinner upstairs at the Blue Ice cafe - pizza and 2 beers for $28 NZD. Then bed.
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| Franz Josef Glacier |
Love the lake pictures! (you know I'm very partial to lakes)
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