Day 4: Glaciers

After a long night of rain, we started the morning off early, about 5am. The hostel we stayed at was the top rated hostel in New Zealand, it was nice and cheap. Since Melissa paid for the plane tickets, I am paying for everything else, I really like hostels.

We got petrol on the outskirts of Greymouth, and headed south towards Franz Joseph Glacier. We arrived at the first glacier (Franz Joseph) around 11 am, and did a fast 2 hour hike to the terminal face. It was a pretty easy hike, but there was a ton of signs talking about how dangerous it was. The glacier is huge, and they say it moves about 1 meter a day. I watched it for a while, but didn’t see any movement. The glacier river is a really cool color, for the color blinded people, its grey. Melissa says it’s blue, but I think she’s wrong.

From New Zealand

Franz Joseph Glacier

From New Zealand