Oct 25 Thursday Franz Josef to Westport 169 miles 6.5 hrs. We wake up to sunshine . Today is another scenic drive with lots of twist and turns and undulating hwy. We occasionally get to see the Tasmen sea as we drive parallel to it. Hokitika the jade capital of NZ is our next stop. A lot of interesting shops. I bought a vase made from the silver fern, a silk top, earrings and a scarf clip. They got a good share of our money. We got to see them carving jade. They were even working on BC jade. We watch people blow glass and paint on rocks. My kind of place. Next with more hairpin turns we stop at Pancake Rock – magnificent limestone formations carved over a million years, very different. Then we stop at the seal colony where we walk on a board walk to the view points. We finally find the Seal Colony Top Ten park after driving