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Seals Rock
It is Thursday, the 18th, and we are headed out to see the sights along the West coast of South Island...still in the rain. We leave Greymouth and find breakfast on farther down the road at the Punakaiki Resort in Punakaiki which is also the home of Paparoa National Park and the Pancake Rocks. The rain lets up and we stop to see the Rocks and they …
Greymouth to Nelson and back 9/1/09 - 13/1/09
We were kicked out of Greymouth for a few days as there was a big Race Meeting and all the hotels had been fully booked for over a year for the Friday and Saturday night, so we hired a car (an old Nissan Bluebird - JP loves it in NZ with all the old cars!!!) and got on the road. Travelled up towards Nelson - very easy to drive here as no traffic; …
Nelson and Abel Tasman
Today we were reminded the rain is never far from the West Coast in South Island. Rained most of the day on the way here from Hammner Springs, so we missed a lot of the scenery driving up. After the usual morning run we ventured out (still raining) to Mapua and Rabbit Island. Got chatting to the local gardener in a local cafe in Mapua who offered his gardening services (clearly identifying ...
The motivation
... tied to any one location. When we bought our house in Nelson, a mid-sized town at the top of New Zealand's South Island, we probably expected to lay roots and settle here. Where exactly is the line between a traveller and an expat? The obvious difference is that a traveller is constantly on the move, whereas an expat is someone who lives temporarily in a country other than his own, usually to work. But what about an expat who travels around, or a traveller who spends an extended period ...
Old McDonald had a farm, e i e i oh!
It was an early start on Monday morning as we checked in at 7am for the 3 hour ferry ride between the North and South islands, arriving at Picton. We joined the bus again and travelled to our first national park, Abel Tasman, where we (honestly) stayed at Old McDonald's farm! Our cabin was pretty basic and out in the sticks - llamas and hens were our neighbours and the outside 'dunny' was something to ...
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