Fox Glacier, NZ

Because we've already mentioned Queenstown, we can fast forward to two other natural highlights of NZ. After an overnight stop in Haast (where we took some pictures of the beach in this otherwise ghostly town with NO food) to break the rather long and windy drive to Fox Glacier/Franz Jozef, we filled up the Mitsu and dragged it further towards our "icy" exploration.

First up, Fox Glacier. This Glacier is off limits to the general public but you can still view it. It's become all dirty from the rocks it grinds up to mash and drops in the glacier bedding/river. During the last ice age approximately 10.000 years ago, this glacier used to extend way further into the valley, cutting out a V-shaped form. On the pic below, Chel helps you guys out with locating the glacier in case you missed it. We also did some small hiking around temparate rainforest to get into shape for the real stuff: hiking on the Franz Jozef Glacier. Strap on those ice-sandals and sharpen your icepicks and come explore some icy cracks.

This is a g-l-a-c-i-e-r...

Rainforest pur sang

Come to the light Mowgli