From Glacier to Rain Forest

Kia ora!
So it's been an outrageous couple of days and I havent had much time to even sleep because there is just so much to do and I'm loving every minute of it! Starting off from where I left off after our time in Queenstown, we departed early in the morning and drove a fair amount of the day, making it to Franz Joseph. FJ is known for is famous ice glaciers which we got the opportunity to hike all day. It was a pretty eventful day, waking up super early and gearing up for our journey. Once we arrived to the base of the glacier we hooked on our clamps to our boots and began. This glacier is considered a warm glacier, so even though it was all ice, we didn't wear much and I even got some sun. The views were amazing (and I assure you that I have many pics of all of the activities I am doing.) After eating lunch at the top we filled our water bottles from the glacier and began to hike back down. So, after much intense climbing and hacking away at the ice, we were exhausted and we made our way to the hot pools right by our hotel. It felt amazing and the resort was wicked! It was nestled in the middle of the woods and we just chilled in the pools under a canopy, we were really one with nature. Later in the night we went out for pizza and beverage then ended up doing outrageous challenges for free drinks the bartender gave us.

Day 18 was yet another travel day and we spent our time on the bus making our way to Nelson. We did make a few stops to see the famous pancake rocks and furry seals, cheeky fellows they are. Nothing too exciting. The following day, after being well rested, a bunch of us explored the town and did some shopping. After lunch we were picked up in some psychedelic vans and went quad biking (4 wheeling). It was SO much fun riding dirty through the rainforest and open pastures where the sheep roamed. Halway through our adventure, we got the opportunity to ride the skyfox, which is just like a zipline/ski lift. With this, the weight determined our speed and 4 of us got up to 97k. After our night there, we took the ferry back up to the north islands into NZ's capital, Wellington. We didn't have much time to do anything because it was so late, but we did decide to go out to a disco club called boogie wonderland, yeaaah enough said. As for today we got to visit one of the museums, which was really cool and we got our tour in the morning before it even opened, I learned a lot from my experiences here. I am really loving my time here, and the adventure tour is only halfway finished, so there is much more to be done and I am so excited for it!!!