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Wat een bikkel ben ik
... een gids tegenkwamen die op de weg terug was, omdat hij het niet aandurfde vanwege de sterke wind en het slecht zicht. Toen we bij de emerald lakes aankwamen, meertjes die in de zomer normaal heel mooi lichtblauw zijn, was het bewolkt. Wij balen. En opeens verdween de wolk en kwam de zon door. Het was zo'n mooi en emotioneel moment voor me.
Abel Tasman
De Abel Tasman coast track is erg bekend in NZ. ...
I trekked solo!
... a gravel road track back to the main road to Punakaiki, surrounded by huge cliffs - its a wide limestone gorge, brilliant. Somewhere there I came across a big eel in a creek - the same as those we fed in the kiwi/aquarium in Hokitika, so best not try to touch it as they really hang on! I got back the the hostel at sunset to end a perfect walk. It kind of ended flat there though, as new young people are here and saying hello to them got a frosty response - they are ...
Greymouth to Reefton
... up. Also in was nestled in a lovely part of Reefton and near the river. Reefton is a gold mining and coal mining community and most of the local work there. It also nestles in the Victoria Forest Park. Off out to find something to eat and drink, watch ed the Ireland and Wales Rugby. Got slated as I said Ireland would win by 10 points!! Moved up the deserted town and found the liveliest pub since we have been to NZ. In the winter they hibernate after 8 o'clock at ...
Knife Making, Mussel Breaking, Shot Taking
... bush, the frequent ******* episodes of the male counterparts in our company and toilet dealings being discussed in detail meant that I found out much about my travelling companions that would otherwise never be disclosed back at home.
Anyway, back to knife making! Waking up to a relatively sunny Wednesday morning, we had a hearty breakfast of cereal and a cuppa and headed up the coast to what turned out to be the back garden of an ex-factory worker and his wife, who ...
Wild West Coast aka A Driving Day
... had stopped, and the sun had shown its face.
Which was at least a good thing because the seals had not, there must have been about 10 all of them babies and so were not actually doing anything… boring, onwards then…
To Punakaiki, which is home to the walk to the pancake rocks, which are still not round :( and do not look like pancakes, just like stripey stacks of rock, which I guess is the point kind of? Oh who ...
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