Today, we headed off to Franz Joseph. Franz Joseph is a very small town famed for it’s Glacier, Franz Joseph. The whole town is built around tourism for this incredible place. Holly Compares the place to Bamph, but much smaller. For me It is very similar to a small Italian Village I stayed in a few years ago on a skiing trip. Under the shadow of the colossal Mount Cook, lakes and fields litter the bottom of the scarred valley. The surrounding area is exactly like a case study I had for 6th form all about glaciers. It all came flooding back.
So we jumped off the bus and got paid up for all our activities here and headed off to the hostel to chillax. We had to head off to the Kayaking place for 5:30 so we fell asleep in front of the tv, this has not been done for a while. And at the allotted time strode over to begin our Kayaking adventure. We drove to the lake and had our pep talk, got our gear and threw ourselves enthusiastically into the boats and raced off. We got in trouble however because we went too far before the guides got into the water. So we headed off to the other end of the lake. As we got halfway over Mount Cook appeared from behind the Hills towering over us. In contrast to the forest around the lake of lush green Mount Cook with it’s Snow caps sticks out like a beautiful sore thumb.
We spent around 2 and a half hours paddling around seeing different things, we went up through this small forest stream and saw some beautiful sights, the water was like glass and reflected The scenery. We played around capsized our friends Kayak and tried to go as fast as possible before our arms fell off and finally raced back to shore after sunset.
It was a great night and it’s great to be in such a beautiful place. I look forward to tomorrow now, tomorrow we’re doing a full day hike on Franz Joseph, the Glacier. Wish us Luck!!
Speak soon
David & Holly
A word I (Holly) remember calling my siblings as a child:
“Dumb-bum” – a fool.
Holly: David, I cannot find the lap top anywhere, I think I lost it, I don’t remember where I had it last!!!!
David: Holly, don’t be a dumb bum, its in the room.
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