Franz Josef

hi all, i am in Franz Josef, a tiny town about half way down the west coast of the south island. It is such a cute little town, reminds me of vermont a little. It consists of one main street surrounded with rainforests on one side and huge mountains oin the other side. We arestaying in the rainforest hotle, a really nice place with a bar and a restraunt. Last night i hung out with Nick, our english friend from the ferry over and some of his friends from his bus. It was a really fun night.
The main attraction here is Fox Glacier, its the biggest glacier in the southern hemesphere and i hiked it. Not only did i hike it but i took a Helicopter to it and hiked around it. This was pretty much the most amazing experience ive ever had. We got to the glacier around 3pm and hiked for about 3 hours. I was on the glacier for sunset and it was incredible. Its hard to explain but ill try. Picture a glacier, bluish white ice staggering high and low with crystal clear water flowing in every direction. Now put this glacier inbetween 2 green mountains, huge green mountains reaching up higher than you've ever seen. Now stagger more mountains behind those, each getting higher and higher. Clouds hover below the peaks of the closest mountains and let the sun filter its rays onto the glacier. Every way you look your eyes meet a new color, blue under you, green to the sides, white higher up and pink and yellow coming through the clouds. Pretty amazing huh.