DAY ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-EIGHT: Going mobile again
Today we rented a car I went on my own to the airport where I picked
up our car, it was a bit of a nightmare going back and forth but I was
eventually given the keys to an absolutely terrible white Nissan Sunny. I sniggered
to myself because I knew I wouldn’t be returning it that colour. I drove back
to our hostel where Vicki had checked out and I loaded up the car. Then we
headed to Franz Josef with no GPS to guide us. After a one hour drive to Wanaka
we took a wrong turn not realising. The road turned to off road tracks and it
became evident that we were heading into a mountain pass. The tracks started to
become dicey as we struggled through fords which appeared to be icy. The snow
became abundant around us and the road started to disappear. Both panic stricken
we decided it was time to turn back. This in itself was a difficult process
with lots of snow and no road to help with grip. Luckily we managed it as I
wouldn’t be writing this blog update. The very long detour put us two hours
behind schedule. Now back on track we drove along the 6, New Zealand’s version
of a motor way. The views were breathtakingly beautiful blue lake, snowy
mountains and no traffic this was an adventure in itself. Unfortunately we
arrived at Franz Josef in darkness so we couldn’t explore, we checked into the
holiday park and fell fast asleep.
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