Franz Josef Glacier!!!

On the bus again.... We just left Franz Josef. We had an awesome time yesterday! Instead of doing a guided tour we walked up to the glacier and climbed it ourselves. We spent about four or five hours in total, a lot of time we spent just at the base looking out at the towering cliffs on all sides of us, the waterfalls, and the river pouring out of the massive mouth of the glacier. We ate lunch and watched a helicopter take a girl out who hurt her leg... Several groups were commencing and ending their hikes, in between them we took our own hike up to the white snow of the glacier. The whole thing was quite majestic. While we were up there a group of three guys with a guide came around the corner. The guys were from our bus group so that was cool. The guide offered us a ride back into town, so we left with them. What a beautiful experience.
...Now we are in Queenstown. It is sooo pretty! Queenstown is small and reminds us of Tahoe a lot. It is situated on the edge of a lake and is surrounded by gigantic mountains covered in snow. It is called the adventure capital of the world. We will stay here another two nights and then head up to Christchurch. I will edit this blog probably tomorrow. Love to all till then. Jess