Revingtons Hotel Greymouth

... to hiking trails to simple roads, one of the things I love about New Zealand is that since it has so many features in such a small area, the scenery changes every hundred kilometers or so. The TranzAlpine rail took us next to rivers through valleys surrounded by mountains, into, over and through the mountains, along the sides of cliffs and over gorges and canyons and finally though the Canterbury Plains, where ...

<br>Marlborough Sounds<br>After a 3 hour ferry ride, we arrived at Picton in the south island. <br> <br>We set up camp here for the night before heading to Anakiwa - the town at the start of the Queen Charlotte Track, one of New Zealand's Great Walks. Unfortunately, the full walk is three whole days long, and because we had the campervan we couldn't commit to the full thing. We still wanted to experience part of the track though as we had heard the views ...

... se kyl oli. Törkeen hienoja maisemia kokomatkan, paitsi 18 kilsan tunneli, mis ei jostain syystä nähny mitään... Vuorien ja jokien lisäksi näkyi isoja laumoja lampaita ja lehmiä. Siis oikeesti varmaan satoja lehmiä useamman kerran eri laitumilla. Kummallisinta oli et monet lehmistä tuijotti junaa murhaavasti, ehkä ne on ziigannu Black Sheep leffan ja ottanu oppia siinä esiintyvistä lampaista! Matkan ...

... also partially clear, and there was a beautiful sunrise. Also, at one point, 3 of the clouds were yellow while the others were white and gray. It was so beautiful. Then, I saw 3 dolphins swimming in the wild which was a gift from God. I have always wanted to see dolphins in their natural habitat, not in aquariums or amusement parks. After that, I just sat on the rocks near the beach and enjoyed until breakfast where we had french toast and eggs ...

... options. As we were in the town we decided a hot shower would help our mood a lot and as Borat had nothing of the sort we headed to a backpackers hostel. Now i know its cheeky to use the facilities at a place when not staying there but hey, we're running low on cash and have better things to spend it on so sneaking the odd shower here and there is going to have to do. We both creep in from the car park and get very welcome scorching hot showers which make us feel ...

Had a long drive today, but stopped in several places. We saw the Southern Alps, Wall Island (where there is a seal colony), Irmahuwhero Viewpoint and the Pancake Rocks. In Barry town we had a Kiwi roast dinner (much like ours but they use sweet potato)then we had a fancy dress party. The theme was Pink, Punk or Perverted. Me and Neil bought some pink clothes. I wore a pink vest and ...

... brewer in the UK. We left the pub after one of the locals decided to demonstrate something by jumping on the table and shouting. He wasn't angry with anyone in the pub, nor threatening violence, but for myself, the two dutch people, and the American girl, it wrote "the evening has ended" in neon letters. We went back and chatted for a while. The dutch two were on the magic bus which stayed at that hostel, and the American girl was driving herself ...

... in vain for a good half hour - a combination of digging, wedging driftwood, revving and pushing failing to dislodge our mired near-left wheel. Just as we were considering hiking back into town in search of a tow though, a saviour appeared in the shape of Leo - a wiry Australian and his half-German, half-English wife who pulled up in another campervan. With only minimal diggin and Frankie, Leo and wife pushing, we were free in under a minute - much to our ...

... the world and it's pretty lovely to be sure! The road takes you through valleys and adjacent rivers, mountains, forests and gorges, passing little former mining towns and out-of-use bridges - the area has only recently been made really accessible to the east coast. We stopped at a cafe for lunch and I ate the biggest blueberry muffin I have ever seen (simply because of the challenge) and from there to our final destination we had lots of stops en ...