Aftr leaving Nelson, I rejoined some of my original bus crew who had been hiking in the Abel Tasman - our first stop on our coastal run was to the old coal mining town of Westport. Not a great deal to see/do there - we went out for a meal for a girls' 21st and that was about it. The next day we stopped off at Cape Foulwind and saw some fur seals and a flightless Weka bird which satisfied the need to see a bit of wildlife. We also saw the 'pancake' rocks nearby which were a geological oddity. That night, our bus stopped off a pub in the middle of nowhere - ran by a cantankerous old chap called Les. The highlight of this stop was the requirment for fancy dress (M theme) and I opted to go as Diego Maradonna (photo evidence is prohibited on this one).
The next port of call was to the Franz Josef glacier. I took part in a guided group trek on the glacier which was just amazing. We donned our crampons and crawled through ice tunnels and clambered through towering caverns. Brilliant. The weather was kind to us on that occasion but unfortunately the next day we were unable to see Mt Cook at a photo stop at Lake Matheson due to the cloud.
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