We continued driving south along the coast until we came to the glaciers, our destination. There are two glaciers, and each has its own town to cater to glacier tourists. We stayed at Franz Joseph, a small town at the foot of Mt. Cook. Even though the town is tiny, we got lost a couple of times looking for our hotel, the Westland Motor Inn, primarily because there's no such hotel. Well, their website says Westland Motor Inn, and when you call to make a booking they say Westland Motor Inn, but all the signage (and there's lots of it) screams out the very catchy name "Scenic Circle Hotels, a Flag Property, Mt. Mueller Branch". It's not clear to me whether it's a Scenic Circle or a Flag hotel, and never figured out what Mt. Mueller is since everything is about Mt. Cook here, and I will never know why they refer to their hotel as a branch. Anyway, we managed to check in and the hotel is just like the drive in motels lining America's highways, profoundly ugly. To be fair, though, the room was quite spacious, but nonetheless ugly. Unfortunately only one hotel photo to share with you, but it's quite flattering since it's covered in shadows.
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