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We spent a night in Fox Glacier and did a walk out to the terminal face.  It was one large piece of ice.  You could see it melting and could also tell by the river gushing from it.  I decided to taste it just to see if I noticed any difference.  Tasted like normal to me.  I actually went for a run in a rain forest that night.  That was pretty neat.  I was semi waiting for something to jump out of the woodworks and attack me, but nothing of the sort happened....

London > Tokyo > Singapore > Sydney > Christchurch/Auckland > Nadi > Rarotonga > LA/Boston > London

I have never been a fan of beer but I was willing to give it a chance during our stay in Greymouth. We had the opportunity to tour Monteith’s Brewery and sample its fine beer. After sampling seven selections of beer I decided that Monteith’s Radler was the one for me. Later we went to a pub, had a pint of our favorite beer, and ate BBQ. There was lots of laughs in between the drinking and watching the rugby game.

So i'm here in greymouth, which is probably the worst stop on the tour..  oh well.  There are places that the bus stops and this is one of them.  The upside is that it is the home of the Monteiths brewery which will be tonight's bit of entertainment.. that and the all blacks playing england in rugby.  As I have mentioned, I will be silently rooting for england since I don't have to have my head bashed in.  Sometimes, we have to make sacrifices, gratefully this is not ...

Caught the shuttle over to Christchurch, and then a taxi to our hotel for the night, before our flight tomorrow!

First time to Abel Tasman - blown away!

I caught the bus out of Franz Josef for Greymouth. I was planning to hop of the scenic train across the country to the East coast and to Christchurch.

One of my best trips ever, where I met a lot of fun people and made lots of good friends!! And no, not all Germans are anxious to put their towels on the sunbeds first thing in the morning! More Text will follow.... I am not a big writer.....

  Hoi allemaal,Hoe gaat het ermee? Hier alles oké. We zijn inmiddels weer ongeveer een week terug op het zuider eiland (van Nieuw Zeeland) en zijn vandaag in Greymouth aangekomen. Morgen rijden we door naar Arthur's Pass voor een mooie wandeling in de bergen. Helaas voorspelt de weerberichten niet veel goeds en voor deze wandeling is het heel belangijk dat het mooi weer is, anders zie je niet veel... maar goed, even afwachten nog.We hebben weer heel wat spannende dingen meegemaakt,...

Planned on walking most of the track and getting a water taxi back. Didn't quite work out that way...

a map and some photos of my slightly unplanned trip around the world. The map outlines the general route I took, not counting the backtracking and double visits. Argentina - Chile - Easter Island - French Polynesia - New Zealand - Australia - Bali - Hong Kong - Macau - Singapore

(Rob) Up at 6.45 am to get the shuttle bus to train station for TransApline trip through the mountains via Arthur's Pass. Wonderful scenic views of snow-capped mountains and little hamlets/villages. Arrived at Greymouth for approximately 1pm and wlked about 3quarters mile to our first hostel (Global Village). Very warm afternoon. Got chatting to a young bloke (Justin) from Manchester! who was 1/2 way through a trip around the world. Very chatty and enthusiastic about his travels although I s...