Monday, March 19, 2007

Monday, March 19: Franz Josef and Okarito

Things picked up a little from yesterday. First thing we decided to mail back the keys. Surprisingly enough, the post office person was no other than the "lady" from the other night in Okarito who treated us badly. I was nice to her in the Americcan way for those people you don;t like (Zion was all about being straight forward). Surprisingly, as I left she came by and said she wanted to appologize deeply for the way they treated us.

On we went to Okarito for a half day track. It was quite lovely, especially in light of the fact that there was no rain. The track went up a low ridge and ended with a few km's walk on the beach.

Afterwords we returned to Franz Josef to the hostel and had and cooked dinner. Mira joined us. I haven't mentioned this before, but Zion is our cook. The guy makes the best Israeli salad you can think of, and is quite creative with pretty much anything else. Only problem is he likes things spicy. Anyway, the pasta turned out better than last time, yet a bit too spicy. We'll have to work on that..

Finally, we booked ourselves for the Kepler hike (4 days, 3 nights) starting on the 28th of March. Mira might join us. We'll see. I give her fifty-fifty...

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