Okay so he's really not that bad

Yep, I've had a bit of a change of heart after spending a few days in the company of Franz Josef, and I think we've reached an understanding. As long as we both stay on the aprropriate side of the safety ropes then neither of us will get hurt. I know I said some harsh things, but look at him, how can you stay mad at a terminal face like that?



My apologies for that shocking geography pun but I thought of it ages ago and couldn't resist. The weather since Friday has been absolutely perfect - so I've sent most of my days wander around glacier valleys and lakes, it's just been brilliant. I mean, everything up till then was nice, but dys like these are the reason I came here.

I've already moved on to Fox glacier, which is just as nice, and the valley's even more dramatic than Franz Josef. Also been for a wander out to Lake Matheson this morning, which is an incredibly pretty place. Probably due to my new understanding with Franz Josef my knee's now fine again, which is just as well because I've been covering around 10-15km each day lately. Although I was foolish enough to only wear my light boots out to Fox glacier and I'm still paying for that one. Never, ever again.

Moving down the coast again to Haast, which is pretty much smack bang in the middle of nowhere. There for two days (going on a jetboat trip up the river hopefully, then on to Wanaka for a while.