We were only leaving Lake Mahinapua at 10.30AM today, so I had time in the morning to go for a long walk along the beach. It was very peaceful, as no one was awake yet, and I had the whole beach to myself.
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| Sweet solitude |
It was only a short drive to the small village of Franz Josef, so we did the journey in one go, with only one short toilet break (there was a playground so we got to go on the monkey bars!). We arrived in Franz Josef at Rainforest Retreat late afternoon and had a welcome talk from the owner. This is a seriously nice hostel, and they treat the kiwi experience passengers very well. There is free wifi, a free 20 person hot tub and sauna, a pizza buffet every other night, 2 free mountain bikes for hire a two hour happy hour at the bar with $5 drinks (usually $8), a giant kitchen and hot, powerful showers.
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| Rainforest Retreat, Franz Josef |
We were fairly tired from the night before, so we had a chilled afternoon. I went for a run along the river towards the glacier which was beautiful. Then we cooked dinner together and chatted with some people we had met, before heading to bed.
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| Cloudy blue glacier water, caused by tiny, silt-sized particles of rock which make the water appear cloudy |
Oh and the winner of the fancy dress was an American boy who dressed up as sponge bob square pants.
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