We stayed one day in Wanaka and quickly headed to the Franz Josef Glacier. The glacier was smashed in between two large mountains. Furthermore, there was a visible crack between the two continental shelves. very cool. We strapped on our foot clamps and began the five hour hike up and through the glacier. There's a main stream that goes through the heart of the glacier. Sometimes, the waterways gets clogged up by a large ice rock, and eventually builds up enough pressure to bust through the opening. Last time, it shot out like a ton worth of rock and ice a km out of the glacier. Don't want to be around for that!
yahoo! We stayed the night the town Franz Josef to head over to the northern part of the south island.
The plans were to go kayaking in the abel tasman sea, but the weather was a bit dodgy so we ended up taking three days to roll back down to campus. We stopped in Kaikora to enjoy some beautiful coast lines, but didn't stay for long since we would be returning once I got all my school crap done.
We arrived back to Lincoln Uni on April 26th. I had a few papers to turn in, and then we quickly headed back to Kaikora to kayak with seals!!! We took the same coastal walk I did with my dad, which was nice to return to.
Our last day was rainy and cold, but we still managed to sea kayak next to colonies of seals! some pups attempted to swim by us, but the water was too rough, and they still weren't the best swimmers. very cute to watch.
We headed back to Chrsistchurch one last time. I took Anthony to the Chch Botanical Gardens, my favorite part of the city. We went strolling through the rose gardens and some historic conservatories. We finally had to say our goodbyes on May 2nd, which was no fun. BUT! we got to see almost every highlight of the south island, finished two great walks, climbed glaciers, sea kayaked, river sledged, and saw some amazing scenery in between. :-)
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