✒️ Written by: Abbie The bus trip from Nelson to Franz Josef was about 9 hours long, and we were elated when we changed buses halfway in Greymouth to a much more comfortable one with seats that reclined. Quickly realising that the winding, hilly roads in remote New Zealand cause travel sickness rapidly, we gave up on reading our kindles or writing our blog posts and just sat staring out the window, enjoying the panoramic views and mountainous landscape. It was early evening when we arrived in Franz Josef at our Haka House hostel. The village of Franz Josef is incredibly small, and we quickly realised there is just one menial supermarket, surrounded by lots of tourist accommodation and helicopter trip shops (which we did not frequent). Luckily, our hostel was brilliant—worlds better than the YHA in Nelson. We felt like we were living in luxury when we made it to our 6 bed dorm and found beautiful wooden bunk beds with curtains across the side, charging ports and compartments in the…
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