Jeanie's New Zealand Travel Journal (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} travelingrrl) wrote,@ 2003-02-16 17:54:00 |
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quickie
I'm in Wanaka on the south island. They have the 3rd largest lake in NZ but it's ringed mountains.
Yesterday I was in Franz Josef which has a bunch of glaciers. My friend Sarah and I took a helicopter up to the top of the Franz Josef glacier and did a 3 hour hike on the ice. It was AMAZING and then when done we caught a ride from there in the heli again to Franz Josef.
Then today on the way from Franz Josef to Wanaka the bus stopped for a slash and dash (restroom break) at Makarora and coincidentally they have a small airstrip across the street and were looking for 2 people to fill 2 seats in a small plane for a scenic flight from there to Wanaka so Sarah and I grabbed them for NZ$40 each and got a FABULOUS flight over to the Wanaka airport just out of town and beat the bus to the Wanaka Hotel (where we are hosteling tonight) by about 15-20 minutes! The views were amazing! I took about 30 photos while we were up.
Anyway Sarah is here keen to go grab some dinner and I'm with her on that and then we'll meet the mates for a handle or two at Paddy's Pub (the place to go in Wanaka) before going to bed for a 9am start to Queenstown in the morning.
Will update later - until then - Cheers!
I'm in Wanaka on the south island. They have the 3rd largest lake in NZ but it's ringed mountains.
Yesterday I was in Franz Josef which has a bunch of glaciers. My friend Sarah and I took a helicopter up to the top of the Franz Josef glacier and did a 3 hour hike on the ice. It was AMAZING and then when done we caught a ride from there in the heli again to Franz Josef.
Then today on the way from Franz Josef to Wanaka the bus stopped for a slash and dash (restroom break) at Makarora and coincidentally they have a small airstrip across the street and were looking for 2 people to fill 2 seats in a small plane for a scenic flight from there to Wanaka so Sarah and I grabbed them for NZ$40 each and got a FABULOUS flight over to the Wanaka airport just out of town and beat the bus to the Wanaka Hotel (where we are hosteling tonight) by about 15-20 minutes! The views were amazing! I took about 30 photos while we were up.
Anyway Sarah is here keen to go grab some dinner and I'm with her on that and then we'll meet the mates for a handle or two at Paddy's Pub (the place to go in Wanaka) before going to bed for a 9am start to Queenstown in the morning.
Will update later - until then - Cheers!
