Easter holiday trip day two

We stood up at six o’clock, drove to the Glacier parking and walked an hour through the forest to a look out point. There we had a great view of the Fox Glacier. But that wasn’t enough for us and we walked back, drove to Franz Josef Glacier and did another walk. This one was a bit overcrowded and I didn’t get a buzz from walking to the glacier (it was not really exciting), but still nice.

After a small lunch in the village we drove again on the West coast, passing Hokitika, Greymouth and Punakaki, and arrived at the Pancake-rocks (I don’t really know why they call them so ;-)). At dusk we arrived on the beach near Westport and took some good pictures and could hardly see some seals. Our travel guide also described an old lighthouse, so we decided to visit it. Unfortunately it doesn’t exist anymore! We saw just the place where it was and near by a newer one, but it was one big fake! There was just a small flash light to attract insects and tourists. We went on until Murchison, where we found a really good accommodation: The old bank. We had a complete house with two bedrooms, a big living and dining room, a kitchen and two bathrooms for 25 bucks each.