Tell your girlfriend Monica, that we're in Wanaka - 2 - 5 January 2009

After the glacier (and the rain) we got out of Franz Joseph and moved on to Wanaka.  It's not a large town, but after the bustling metropolis of Franz Joseph it's positively hopping.  

Digressing for a moment - Jen used up most of her Sudafed in Auckland, fighting her sinus infection.  Since then we've been looking for something with pseudoephedrine but no pain medication.  Unfortunately most towns we've been in are pseudoephedrine free.  Wanaka, however, had exactly what we were looking for.

We did one nice walk and one not-so-nice walk here.  We went up the Mt. Roy path which I expected to take about 5 hours.  Instead it took 7 and a half.  It was a complete and total beating.  Here's my best picture for all that effort:

Yep, sheep.  They may be cute, but they're not exactly rare in New Zealand.

The next day we went up to the Rob Roy glacier.  We got out much earlier and had the trail to ourselves on the way up.  This walk was a lot of fun.  There was a swinging bridge that reminded us of Nepal, and lovely scenery.

Here's a picture of a dried riverbed on the walk:

And here's man-ox with the glacier (or the washed-out part of the picture where the glacier should be):