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We left Franz Josef after a night of the hardest rain I’ve seen on my trip so far. I was desperately hoping that it would move off or abate by the time we got to Queenstown. I had a lot planned for the adrenaline capital of New Zealand and didn’t want it spoiled by too [...]

Not being able to make it all the way from Nelson to Franz Josef in one day, the buses stop in Greymouth for the night. There isn’t much to do in Greymouth but wander around. Someone had mentioned it wasn’t a very pretty city and I can’t say that I was impressed with any of [...]

It was simply amazing.  After driving around so much I was definitely looking for a chance to relax on the boat. With any kind of tour though, it depends on the group of people that you go out with for how relaxing your trip is. I had heard that some of the boats were party [...]