Ambleside Bed & Breakfast Nelson

... 1500; תוך הים, עליה מקננו 14; ציפור 97; מים רבות המגיע 93;ת למקום מן האזור הארקט 97;.

... 2 pm, we decided to try our chances toward Blue Lake and Moss Pass, which we will never see. Tamar and the couple of Quebecois were at the Hut when we returned from getting to nowhere and we played cards late that night. A really nice group of people. to enjoy a disappointing tramp so far...we did not see much of any view !

The next morning is just a splendid day after snow fell on the highest summits, we have no food left to make it another day here, so we ...

... We have a huge number of birds in our garden, Tui's, Skylarks, Californian Quail and the enormous New Zealand Pigeon to name but a few. We have planted quite a few native trees to encourage them and with Josh's bird feeder we hope to get many more! Last weekend Josh and Jo went out with Don on his boat and did some Scalloping, you are allowed 50 per person and they were a little disappointed to only get 70 odd, enough for a couple of "feeds" though. It is Labour weekend soon ...

... Her radio was broken and there was no sign of our water taxi but we managed to cadge a lift from a passer by (abandoning our kayaks on the beach) and got back to town in time (although Kim looked pretty terrible).

After all the excitement we enquired about the weather for the following day, with the hope of doing a sky dive - one guy told us snow, the other sunshine - we took the chance and stuck around.....

... other, which is what I hear the South Island is pretty much like. We are excited. We did a free beer tasting on local beers before dinner, it was fun. We met Jon and Lucy from Manchester. Lucy spent a summer in the States...working at the Greenwich Country Club...I had to explain to her that's not what all Americans are like.... Well, that's all for now. I hope a few people out there are actually reading this.... I doubt it. --Jimmy

... A lot of boats were just sitting on dry land due to the low tide. On the ride to the lodge, we saw some seal pups, only a few months old. Their parents leave them in a safe cove when they go fishing. They were very curious and sweet! We are going to try to kayak back to them later. The lodge is very cool and on a long beach. Mom and I went for a walk on the beach and ...

On the way to Nelson, we stopped off at Nelson Lakes National Park and did a 2 hour walk around the peninsula of Lake Rotoiti where we also had a picnic. After this, we drove to Nelson and sat on the beach for a while before heading to Megan and Mark's (who we met at Annabel's wedding) flat where we had been invited to stay for 2 nights. They were very welcoming and Megan had cooked dinner for us. We sat out in their garden eating and drinking and ...

... also stopped at a lovely secluded beach called Fishermans Cove. We did this through the company Abel Tasman Sailing Adventures. The day was topped off by taking a (free) water taxi from Kaiteriteri Beach to Marahau (where we were staying). There was a bit of a swell on this day, and it meant that we rode some big waves on the way home. The boat came out of the water a few times and landed ...

... wade across an estuary to get to the lodge we were staying in that night. We could have walked round but we'd caught the tide at the point where the estuary was crossable. The water came up over everyone's knees and one of the group, a little lady called Shirley, had it coming up to the top of her thighs she was so short! At one point it was almost like I was judging where I should walk by whether I could still see the top of her head or not! I was going to ask the people ...

... br>Mijn nacht in het hostel heb ik overleefd, niet van harte, maar het ging. Dus 's ochtends mijn rugzak gepakt en de straat afgelopen. Om 10.00 checkte ik in (tot verwarring van de dame achter de balie, haha!). Dus nu zit in Tasman Bay backpackers en wat een verschil! Rust,
ruimte en.... gratis fietsen! Man, dat had ik toch zeker alweer een maand niet gedaan! En ja, ik moest een stom helmpje op, maar who cares??
Dus ...