Zelma’s Trip

I dropped the relocation car off in the morning and pottered around the town.  Amongst other places, I went into one of the jade workshops which had an exhibition on the history of jade with a big waterfall thing on a jade boulder.  Okay, so I haven’t made it sound all that exciting but it was an okay kind of way to pass some time until my bus left.

The shuttle bus I got was a lot bumpier than I had expected.  Well I guess that could have technically been the roads or the driving but the ride was a lot more hectic than I had imagined.  It possibly felt more so as I had bought some thread and decided that making a friendship bracelet was a good idea which I guess technically amplified every bump in the road, or at least me noticing them.  The bus stopped at a couple of small towns on the way, which were more like hamlets, and eventually arrived in Franz Josef.

Once in Franz Josef I checked into a hostel where I was given one of the best welcomes I have ever received by the resident Manager and a girl called Kate who worker there.  In the evening I headed to the "Blue Ice" bar where Kate was and chatted to her, a guy called Lance staying at the backpackers’ and a guy called John.