Beaches Motor Inn Nelson
71 Tahunanui Drive Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
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Day 8 - Abel Tasman National Park
... This track is quite busy. After a total of approximately 3 hours of walking we could see the Torrent bay below us. It is beautiful! We took some pictures and continued walking until we got to the beach. We lay down on the beach, relaxed and waited until time for the water taxi to come and picked us up. The sun came out after all. What a beautiful day in Abel Tasman national park. We will leave Marahau tomorrow for our next destination. I wish we had more time to spend in this beautiful ...
First Long Hike and Super Weather
Today will be the first full hiking day. I get a ticket for a cruise at Endeavour Express and at 9:00 a.m. the boat leaves Picton heading to Ship Cove. As Dominic prefers a biking tour, which is finally not successful as the rental is closed in Anikawa, I will walk the 4 hours day hike of the Queen Charlotte Track alone. As I leave the boat at Ship Cove (which is quite close to Cook Strait) I really feel the first time like being at the end of ...
SKYDIVE!
... and grabbed my hand, causing us to spin around which allowed me to take in the views; as the video and photos show it was amazing.
For a while I really wasn't sure how much longer the falling could go on for - not that I wished for it to end but everyone had told me it'd be over really quickly, but it seemed to last for ages! I didn't know what to do anymore! I remember looking straight ahead at Evan and seeing clouds fly past him at incredible ...
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! ...
"Harder and Deeper" (again)
... for it. So we were taking over to the centre, kitted up, then to sea. The water was so calm, the sun was beaming (sunburn anxiety), and the views weren’t bad either. At the back of the kayak I was in charge of steering, with Jamie up front. I felt it necessary to dish out some advice as I’d had to back in Halong Bay, Vietnam in a similar set up, “go harder and deeper.” No Essex girl to comment this time though. No sea snakes around this time ...


