Franz Joseph and Queenstown

Today I took a 9 hour bus ride from Queenstown to Franz Joseph, with the most annoying bus driver ever! Dad you need to come down here and show them what professional driving is all about! I'm so tired, but I wanted to get this in, especially since this internet cafe has a minimum charge so I want to get my money's worth. Tomorrow I am hiking the Franz Joseph glacier, but just the half day hike. I didnt' feel like paying for the full day plus it's supposed to rain, and I'm not gonna lie I'm a little scared of walking on a glacier in the rain. Two guys died a few months ago because they ignored the signs and were caught in some kind of ice fall. It's safe with the groups but still, it's no joke. Yesterday I went to Milford Sound, a day trip that took a total of 13 hours. I would have liked to stay longer in that area, but as I wasn't doing one of the walks it didn't really make sense. It was beautiful though. I have updated the pictures as well, so you can see at least some of what I'm talking about (not Milford Sound yet, where I took waaay too many pictures) and from the Gondola I took up to the top of one of the mountains surrounding Queenstown. I rode in my little gondola alone and nearly had a heart attack. I have unfortunately inherited my mother's immense fear of heights. I had to latch myself on to three older British folk because there was no way I would be able to ride that again by myself. Luckily one of the gentlemen was scared as well, so he and I just chatted with one another to distract ourselves from what was going on. It was beautiful, too bad I wasn't able to enjoy it more. And to add insult to injury, one of the women on their tour paraglided down off the mountain. She's 70. Alright well time for me to go eat dinner, then bed. I'm wiped out and I need my strength for tomorrow!