For the first day, of course we are not going straight to Arrowtown. We had a night stay in Fox Glacier after driving down from the West Coast. Arrived here at around 3pm, a little longer than we expected. Checked in to Ivory Towers BBH hostel before we go to Lake Matheson for the epic reflective lake view, which disappointed us because there are little waves after rain here, there are little breeze here too.
We decided not to go any further so we went to have a look at the Fox Glacier instead. But we don't have time to explore the entire track so we just stopped our car at the carpark and have a very far view of the glacier. There are too much mist so we couldn't have a clear look at the glacier, but still, we could see a small part of it. Well, I'm definitely coming back for the lake and this glacier after I finish my work and got a car since now that I got an idea where to go if I were to go on a road-trip at July.
At night, we went to the short walkway track to have a look at the glowworms. We were not that disappointed as we are able to see quite a lot of them at the big rocks. But of course there were not as much as those in Waitomo of North Island.
Arrowtown tomorrow, hope the weather are good!
Probably the main tourist attraction in Hokitika, a lot of people who pass by this town will come here for a photo. The wind is too big and it was raining so I just took a quick shot and rushed back to car.
We stopped at this Jetty Viewpoint and decided not to go any further because there were no reflections at the lake, probably because of the aftereffects of the rain, water are flowing fast.
Took a glimpse at the glacier. Just a small part of it since the mist was too thick. Better luck next time.
Close view of the glowworms.
These are the glowworms I took at the walkway, not much of them actually. But at least I know what they looked like.
When it's night and there were no cars at the street at all. The road was ours. Hahaha.
Our tight budget dinner haha. $4 pizza, some pasta with tomato paste and fried eggs with sausages.
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