Borogove Bed & Breakfast Nelson
27 Grove St. Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
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Viscious Eel Bite
... seemed like we were climbing for an eternity, mostly using 2nd gear and sometimes 1st, I managed to stall a diesel going uphill. This is a difficult task unless you put it in reverse instead of 2nd gear like I did, then came an almighty hill start with someone right up the rear of our vehicle, I have to say I said a few expletives in my haste.
We bumped into our hostess for the next couple of nights in Takaka town at the petrol station, we ...
Einkäufe für den ersten Great Walk
... Doch die Strömung war so stark, das wir schnell wieder an Land gingen.
Seit dem Frühstück stieg die Temperatur. Die Sonne brannte. Die Erfrischung im Meer hat mich noch nicht wirklich überzeug. Daher sprang ich zurück im Hostel in den unbeheizten Swimmingpool. Platsch!!! Bei dem nun sehr warmen Wetter, gab mir das den richtigen Kick. Herrlich!
Am Nachmittag kam Mareike zurück von der ...
South island. Ferries, kayaks and seals.
... as we had no ideas what lay ahead of us.. The girl at the desk suggested the abel tasmen national park and as we were stuck for time we booked a kayaking tour around the park which would give us a good insight. Also with the busy summer period we booked a full day trek on the franz joseph glacier for further down the road.. We left for our drive to motueka where we would stay that night.. We travelled through plenty ...
Dolphins, Travellers, and Beer
... roads up the coast. We arrived, in the rain, at the Kaiteri Lodge. We queued up and got rooms; I was in with Helen & Olivia, and we were soon joined by Katy, Mike, Jaimee and Hanna. Various dinners were cooked by individual parties, and then I met up with Becky, and we decided to take advantage of the 'deals' offered at the bar adjacent to the hostel. Said deals were litres of beer (by which I mean a litre jug) starting from $9, a deal on the house wines, and ...
Trekking and Kayaking!
... shoulders – good job we’re going to be on a ferry going to the North Island. May not get time to blog tomorrow either as we’re due to arrive in Wellington at 1 pm and then have to drive half way up North Island to be able to get to the England Scotland match on Saturday night.
We haven’t really done justice to the Nelson area but it’s one of those things – just not enough time between matches! ...


