Alex, i will take disco songs for 1000 please!

The glacier was definately a high light of the NZ portion of the trip. From Franz Joseph I headed north to Greymouth and Punakaika. I stayed in an underwhelming seaside resort in Punakaika and headed back to Greymouth to turn in my rental car and catch a train across the mountains. Of course, it rained and rained and rained. I almost feel that I have been dragging the rain with me since I left Queenstown. The screnic train ride I was all psyched for was washed out, err rained out since we couldnt see anything. I am now in Arthur's Pass at the Wilderness Lodge and let me tell you this is one of those places you must visit if you are in the neighborhood. This morning I hiked up and up and up. They told me if I kept going I would hit a rest hut. So I kept going and going, you know the whole energizer bunny thing. Finally, I arrive. It was good to get out of the rain. Yep yep, of course its raining the whole tiime. Luckily while I dried off and changed clothes the rain decided to stop making my hike back much more pleasant. It was 6km in to a height of god only knows and 9km back since I had to hoof it back all the way to the lodge. It was great. But today is my last free day in NZ. Tomorrow back on the train and them Im stuck in Christchurch until friday. How I hate that city.

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