There isn't much going on in Franz Josef. The only reason I landed here was because of a hike that I remember from years ago when I was here before. It's the hike out to the Franz Josef glacier. I remember it being foggy and... mysterious? that day. Tall mountains and waterfalls all around as you hike to the glacier. I really liked it.
This time it was sunny for the first part of the hike, then turned misty and almost rainy as I came back. Good hike, though either not as amazing as I remembered, or my standards have been raised after a few months of amazing scenery. As Franz Josef was one of the first places I visited years ago, and I didn't really do a lot of hiking that trip, I'm going to say it was because my standards have been raised : )
I talked some more to those two non-talking guys at the campground the other day. They are actually very nice. They were in the TV room again yesterday and we got to talking. They are from The Netherlands, and have been working on dairy farms in NZ for about 8 months, I believe. Before they go back they are traveling around a bit... and watching TV. They come up again in a later post, hence me reminding you about them now.
I then made the 2 hour trip to Greymouth (longer with photo stops), and set up camp at a campground there. Remembering that Nicole, a Swiss girl I'd met the night before on the tunnel hike, would possibly be in Greymouth, I contacted her on Facebook and mentioned I was craving Indian. She was in the area and up for Indian, so we met for dinner in town. We hung out then walked around the now vacant town there. She's a lot of fun to hang with. She's a VP at a hospital in Switzerland, and has a good personality and sense of humor.
Needing a place to stay for the night she came back to the campground I was staying at and claimed an available spot a few down from mine. As the campground was located on the beach we hung out there for a bit before calling it a night.
This time it was sunny for the first part of the hike, then turned misty and almost rainy as I came back. Good hike, though either not as amazing as I remembered, or my standards have been raised after a few months of amazing scenery. As Franz Josef was one of the first places I visited years ago, and I didn't really do a lot of hiking that trip, I'm going to say it was because my standards have been raised : )
I talked some more to those two non-talking guys at the campground the other day. They are actually very nice. They were in the TV room again yesterday and we got to talking. They are from The Netherlands, and have been working on dairy farms in NZ for about 8 months, I believe. Before they go back they are traveling around a bit... and watching TV. They come up again in a later post, hence me reminding you about them now.
I then made the 2 hour trip to Greymouth (longer with photo stops), and set up camp at a campground there. Remembering that Nicole, a Swiss girl I'd met the night before on the tunnel hike, would possibly be in Greymouth, I contacted her on Facebook and mentioned I was craving Indian. She was in the area and up for Indian, so we met for dinner in town. We hung out then walked around the now vacant town there. She's a lot of fun to hang with. She's a VP at a hospital in Switzerland, and has a good personality and sense of humor.
Needing a place to stay for the night she came back to the campground I was staying at and claimed an available spot a few down from mine. As the campground was located on the beach we hung out there for a bit before calling it a night.