It actually stopped raining this morning, so the 4 of us decided to pay a visit to the famed Franz Josef Glacier while the good weather lasted. We had breakfast, loaded our luggage into the backpacker storage room, and drove off to the glacier. We chose the shortest 20 min return route to the glacier lookout and strolled leisurely, enjoying the nature and the fresh air.
I was quite disappointed when I finally saw the glacier.. The glacier was gorgeous, but the lookout from where we were standing was too far away from the glacier to truly enjoy its beauty up close. I’ve always wondered what a glacier is and how it is formed.. Learnt all that from the look out point. I also met a young family with their really happy little baby. Their baby was smiling all the time. Absolutely adorable! I hope my baby will also be like that. = ) After taking some shots of the glacier, we headed back. On the way back, we saw another family, this time an Asian family with their little son and daughter. The little girl was running along with her mother following closely behind her. All the while, she is smiling and laughing to herself. Very very cute little girl. And very pretty too! It‘s really interesting how we human beings tend to pay a lot more attention to certain things when we are in the situation ourselves. Like how I am noticing more babies on the streets now that I pregnant, compared to before..
We had wanted to visit Fox Glacier after Franz Josef, but it started to rain again, so we headed back to the backpackers. On the way back, we stopped by at a Mobil kiosk to pump some air into our car tires, then went back to the backpackers and checked out.
Next stop: Greymouth. K drove the 2 hour leg to Greymouth. We stopped over and had lunch in a small town called Hokitika. The rest had burgers and fries, while I had hotcakes with banana and bacon on maple syrup in this little cafe with a whole collection of really cool tea pots. Felt like bringing some of them home myself!
After lunch, we went to the information center to see what there was to do in Greymouth. After 10 mins of browsing through the brochures, we decided there was nothing to do in Greymouth, so decided to hit the roads again and drive all the way back to Christchurch.
We started droving from Greymouth at 3pm and only reached Christchurch around 7pm. For dinner, we bought 2 boxes of sushi for $10 and 2 Jumbo pizzas from Pizza Hut in a small shopping mall. While waiting for EK and S to pay for the sushi, I fooled around with K in the mall and pressed my palms on the sides of his face. 2 guys walked past us and started to make these really loud funny noises to tease us. K got pissed and shouted to them: “What's your problem man?!" I was so worried they will get into a fight. But luckily the 2 guys just looked at us and walked away. I think they both looked quite shocked at K‘s reaction. After the incident, I talked to K about it, and asked him not to do that again cause if a fight really break out it will be a mess. But he just said his arms are itching and that the 2 guys were just bullies who were too fat to fight him anyway. =)
We began our search for our accommodation for the next 4 nights: The old Addington Jailhouse, and found it after driving around for 15 mins. Not wanting to have our pizza cold, we headed straight to the kitchen and tucked into our dinner without even checking in or unloading. So far, I think this is the coolest place we’ve stayed in!
I was quite disappointed when I finally saw the glacier.. The glacier was gorgeous, but the lookout from where we were standing was too far away from the glacier to truly enjoy its beauty up close. I’ve always wondered what a glacier is and how it is formed.. Learnt all that from the look out point. I also met a young family with their really happy little baby. Their baby was smiling all the time. Absolutely adorable! I hope my baby will also be like that. = ) After taking some shots of the glacier, we headed back. On the way back, we saw another family, this time an Asian family with their little son and daughter. The little girl was running along with her mother following closely behind her. All the while, she is smiling and laughing to herself. Very very cute little girl. And very pretty too! It‘s really interesting how we human beings tend to pay a lot more attention to certain things when we are in the situation ourselves. Like how I am noticing more babies on the streets now that I pregnant, compared to before..
We had wanted to visit Fox Glacier after Franz Josef, but it started to rain again, so we headed back to the backpackers. On the way back, we stopped by at a Mobil kiosk to pump some air into our car tires, then went back to the backpackers and checked out.
Next stop: Greymouth. K drove the 2 hour leg to Greymouth. We stopped over and had lunch in a small town called Hokitika. The rest had burgers and fries, while I had hotcakes with banana and bacon on maple syrup in this little cafe with a whole collection of really cool tea pots. Felt like bringing some of them home myself!
After lunch, we went to the information center to see what there was to do in Greymouth. After 10 mins of browsing through the brochures, we decided there was nothing to do in Greymouth, so decided to hit the roads again and drive all the way back to Christchurch.
We started droving from Greymouth at 3pm and only reached Christchurch around 7pm. For dinner, we bought 2 boxes of sushi for $10 and 2 Jumbo pizzas from Pizza Hut in a small shopping mall. While waiting for EK and S to pay for the sushi, I fooled around with K in the mall and pressed my palms on the sides of his face. 2 guys walked past us and started to make these really loud funny noises to tease us. K got pissed and shouted to them: “What's your problem man?!" I was so worried they will get into a fight. But luckily the 2 guys just looked at us and walked away. I think they both looked quite shocked at K‘s reaction. After the incident, I talked to K about it, and asked him not to do that again cause if a fight really break out it will be a mess. But he just said his arms are itching and that the 2 guys were just bullies who were too fat to fight him anyway. =)
We began our search for our accommodation for the next 4 nights: The old Addington Jailhouse, and found it after driving around for 15 mins. Not wanting to have our pizza cold, we headed straight to the kitchen and tucked into our dinner without even checking in or unloading. So far, I think this is the coolest place we’ve stayed in!
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