Franz Josef

So I did my heli hike today! The helicoptor part was brilliant, I got about 25 minutes in a helicoptor right over the top of the glacier!

Unfortunatly my guide was dreadful! Before we left the base in the town we were separted into two groups - fast and slow! I was in the slow group as I wanted to take my time because I knew I would be a bit shaky on the ice!

Well when we got up to the glacier the guide asked if anyone was feeling un-confident so I put my hand up and he said that I was to stay behind him until I felt more confident! We walked a little way and my confidence rose and then we stopped in an ice cave which was brilliant and I walked up through it getting someone to take photos! After this the guide was taking quite steep routes and my confidence slipped and he wasn't very helpful! Other people were struggling but he didn't seem to notice them, people in the group also asked to stop so they could take photos but he said no because we had no time!

Back at the helicoptor site a few of the girls had a few words with him as he had been walking so far ahead that he was out of sight for at least 5 minutes at one point!

The helicoptor ride down was brilliant, when we got to the bottom we all filled out comments forms and made bad comments! Then 3 of us went into the main office and made a complaint! It wasn't just me who didn't have time to take photos!

We all left after making a complaint and I bumped into some girls that I did the Great Ocean Road tour with in Australia (small world!) I was still quite upset at this point as I had paid so much money and I'd had a crap time! They suggested I go and try and get some money back so I went back in and I got the guiding fee refunded!

The girls I'd just bumped into arranged to have dinner with me so I went up to the pub to meet them and couldn't find my wallet! I'd left it on a picnic table outside the guiding place! Agh - this day was just getting better and better! Luckily some one had handed it in and everything was in it!

Me and the girls ended up having lunch at a place called the landing and I had a really great dinner with them! I then went back to the hostel and played some pool with people off the bus and had an early night!