Thank god! the weather today was brilliant! and i was able to join a Holland couple from Melbourne for a helicopter scenic flight experience!
of cause it was nt cheap, actually cost me nearly NZD400 >O<!!
oh well, as i mentioned in my previous post, i had decided to do this anyways....
so here I come....and soon another European lady joined us too, so the whole helicopter occupied
the helicopter is quite small, but spacious enough for 5 of us (include the pilot)
this was my first time on a helicopter, i was really excited and a bit nervous hehe =P
when the helicopter took off from the ground was just scary, seems like losing gravity while hanging in the air...
i could feel my heartbeat gone faster but soon i tried to ignore the scary feeling because i only had 30mins to enjoy the view in the air ==
the tour i took was exploring the twin glacier with snowfield landing...Twin glacier means the Fox glacier and the Franz Josef glacier
at first, it was green, then, it gone all white!! wooooah!
We explored the Franz Josef glacier first then the helicopter landed on one of the snowfield on top of one of the moutain
Of cause photo time!!
Coincidentally there's also another helicopter (from other company) landed few mins after us. And i got chance to take photos with both pilots =)
we were just allowed to stay on the snowfield for about 7mins...it was warmer than i thought which was good!
then we backed to the helicopter and view the fox glacier!
It was so close! I was so lucky to sit at the window seat again! As we were told that all of us will got shuffled for different seats before and after snowfield landing, but luckily i was sitting beside the window at both times! =D
the fox glacier is really beautiful! Especially i got to see the top of the glacier where i got chance to see the ice formation!
The shape was very magnificent...natural force is real amazing!
I just wonder how could the ice stayed in this form for such a long time, but actually the ice will melt and the glacier is moving all time.
I still feel a bit shame for missing out hiking on the glacier, hopefully i got this chance in the future....
the flight experience gone so soon, i back to the ground again...then i took the cab to fox glacier because i want to explore the glacier with my foot this time!
the path is very smooth at the begining, then it become steeper and steeper....
i was told by other tourists that it will be more steeper further up but the view is worthy!
yes it is! I got to see the glacier from 100meters distance away~
though i was not able to step on the ice, but i was satisfied to able to see the glacier at this distance
thus i got a 'success' feeling after reaching the lookout point
of cause i actually could view the glacier even closer (beside doing the glacier hiking), but i was not allowed to as it was too dangerous...i could only view the glacier from the provided closer point...
(see hw close those hikers were!)
as u can see, warning sign were surrounding everywhere....
and see what i found at bottom of the glacier!
Such a great mirror effect, which is actually better than lake Matherson!
the water is so clear, until i couldnt tell how deep is the river @@
dinner tonight was steak! I must said there's not many options for meal, i was bumping here and there and looked at the menu outside the restaurants again and again
while not dragging until the last minute as there are not many restaurants but more ppl were having dinner, in case not getting a free table, i just gone to Cook Saddle cafe.
The steak was alright, but i was glad to have it instead of instant noodle =P
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