Well, our second day in Christchurch was somewhat better. We managed to get a replacement HD for the macbook but have to run Ubuntu on it until we can get it home and reinstall OSX.
During the course of the day we made our way to the Gondola that takes you right up to one of the mountain peaks overlooking the town and got an awesome view of the valley, Alps and ocean. It was pretty freaking cold, and started raining, but then... It was snowing! It was pretty awesome. Then we went to see the penguins at the Antartic Centre. We just missed feeding time but there were still plenty of penguins out and about to take pictures of. So, yay!
It also snowed again overnight and a little more during our drive to Fox Glacier. The drive took us about 6 hours, and there was loads of beautiful scenery on the way. At one point we could see the ocean, farmland and the southern alps all in one. Crazy.
Today we did an all day hike out onto the Fox Glacier and it was just amazing. Nothing I can say about it really does it justice so hopefully when we get some internets working on the laptop we can upload some pictures and share it with you.
In any case, its time to retire to the fun bus. Our legs are like jelly and I think we are both in great need of a hot chocolate and some rest.
Tomorrow we drive to Queenstown - land of milk and bungee jumping.
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