The area of Franz Josef is simply a base in order to go and visit the Franz Josef glacier. We had done that yesterday so today was about relaxing. We had the option of going to see Fox Glacier another local glacier 30 minutes away, but a sleep in was selected ahead of it.
We spent the morning making a few calls home to the loved ones. A visit to the Glacier centre provided a great view at the only ice-climbing wall in the Southern Hemisphere. For 90 dollars you got to spent 1 hour and 30mins attempting to climb a 10 metre wall of ice. I contemplated doing this but taught it would have been challenging enough getting the money out of my ATM. We watched as a few people attempted the climb. It looked like the “Wall” on gladiators except you didn’t have the attractive women gladiators chasing you.
I decided to wait home and fight crime while Gary, Mike and Tom went to watch the recommended movie ‘Flowing West’, a 20 minute montage of all that is worth seeing in the upper echelons of the Southern Alps here in the South Island. It was shown in Helimax, which is high definition footage of helicopter views of the sights. No commentary only eerie music and natures sounds to add to the reality of the effect. It was impressive and interesting watch. It made us all want to go on a helicopter to see these things for real however our bank manager wasn’t that generous!
The evening was spent preparing the latest episode of Prison Break. This is one of the toughest challenges we have faced through out the trip. It’s proven easier to jump out of planes and buildings then download an episode. Thankfully this wasn’t one of those times. It was an emotional episode to say the least.
The rest of the evening was spent discussing Hostels with some of the other guests. One of the girls described how she worked in the Hostel’s cleaning for a few hours in return for free accommodation and laundry. This was an option that might not be too far in the future with the cost of doing these activities.
Stay Posted,
Conor
We spent the morning making a few calls home to the loved ones. A visit to the Glacier centre provided a great view at the only ice-climbing wall in the Southern Hemisphere. For 90 dollars you got to spent 1 hour and 30mins attempting to climb a 10 metre wall of ice. I contemplated doing this but taught it would have been challenging enough getting the money out of my ATM. We watched as a few people attempted the climb. It looked like the “Wall” on gladiators except you didn’t have the attractive women gladiators chasing you.
I decided to wait home and fight crime while Gary, Mike and Tom went to watch the recommended movie ‘Flowing West’, a 20 minute montage of all that is worth seeing in the upper echelons of the Southern Alps here in the South Island. It was shown in Helimax, which is high definition footage of helicopter views of the sights. No commentary only eerie music and natures sounds to add to the reality of the effect. It was impressive and interesting watch. It made us all want to go on a helicopter to see these things for real however our bank manager wasn’t that generous!
The evening was spent preparing the latest episode of Prison Break. This is one of the toughest challenges we have faced through out the trip. It’s proven easier to jump out of planes and buildings then download an episode. Thankfully this wasn’t one of those times. It was an emotional episode to say the least.
The rest of the evening was spent discussing Hostels with some of the other guests. One of the girls described how she worked in the Hostel’s cleaning for a few hours in return for free accommodation and laundry. This was an option that might not be too far in the future with the cost of doing these activities.
Stay Posted,
Conor
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