NEW ZEALAND 7

THE SOUTH ISLAND!!!! (Our bicycle trip around the South Island)
November 22 - December 27, 1999

After arriving in Picton, we set off only to be confronted by not-so-small hills, so we stopped to stretch.

Go, Alex, Go!

OK, so you've all heard that footsteps poem, I figured I'd take a picture of it.

To be really cheezy, I'm just hangin' around. :)

Yes, we ARE huging a giant ram - all in a day's ride.  Here we are in Hokitika stopping at our favourite establishment next to Walmart: .

It is a random church we saw in Hokitika, but it was such a beautiful picture, we couldn't resist the photo op

My favourite picture from the entire five week bike trip.  Hands down. 

Yeah, that night we were a bit camera happy, but the camera was happy too.

Hercules!  Hercules!  Hercules!   (See the movie "The Nutty Professor" for correct pronunciation)

I hate to use the word "TYPICAL" scenery on the West coast.  Mt. Hercules.

The Franz Joseph glacier is one of three temerpate glaciers in the world.  In theory we didn't need gloves or pants.  In reality, we did.  One of the other two is the Fox glacier, about 30km further South, and the third is in Argentina.  We spent a full 8 hours hiking all over and around the glacier clad with ice-axes and steel-tread boots.  Absolutely amazing.

Yes, those are my feet as I slid through an ice tunnel leading into the depths of the glacier only to emerge in a pool of ice water... except for getting stuck, it was an incredible experience.  Alex shot through like a glass of milk in a lactose intolerant person. 

If it is this wide by my head, just imagine how tight it is by my feet.  This place was INTENSE!

I've never had a better campsite in my life.  It was perfect, absolutely perfect.

"Hark, is that a mermaid rising out of the water calling my name?"... "No, it's just Alex chasing the ducks."

Our homemade Pavlova was moments from meeting its match.  We ended up rolling on the ground, just shy of throwing up and dying of laughter after the feast.  ...um... I guess you had to be there.   Joseph is a madman. :)

   
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