Wilderness Lodge Lake Moeraki Hokitika

... mussel capital of the world- I am not an expert but is it maybe the only place you get green lipped mussels? Not sure and what is the colour of every other mussel’s lips? Lunched at Havelock on what else – mussels and then headed further north. I had hoped to be able to take a trip to Farewell Spit which is a huge area of sand dunes but as the tours are tide dependent, the next one wasn’t for another 3 days, so decided to go for the water taxi from ...

After a long search...and ordering them once before and getting oysters instead in Queenstown, we finally find steamed mussels.  These came with a VERY good coconut milk sauce.  Found them at a very local bar/cafe across the street from the hotel.  Also, discovered just how good Mac's Gold beer is.  

... SUPER cool, but pretty cool. The hostel was amazing. It was a huge mansion called Noah's Ark. Each room had a particular animal theme. In the monkey room, monkeys were painted all over the walls, and in the Zebra room, there was a zebra-skin bedspread and black and white stripes everywhere...that sort of thing. Obviously, jetting the next day to cruise to Franz Josef for some glacier action!!!

... flying north from Christchurch to Auckaland, and back home. Not quite what the map says. The final frontier has arrived. The Stray bus pulls into Cokers backpackers to the south of the town and rush in to avoid being last in the queue and waiting for the rest of the bust to check in. We'd learned by now that it wasn't good to be last in the queue, not really because you didn't get a choice of who you roomed with, but because you'd have to wait ...

... random farmers field just a few minutes from town. I ran to the chopper with my head down just like in the movies, put my seat belt and headphones on and we we were off. After 5 minutes in the air we returned back to the field to pick up another 2 people who had arrived late. I thought sweet, I've just had a free 5 minutes in the air! I sat in the front next to the pilot with the controls right in front of me, what a cool machine. We took off for a second time and headed up the ...

... por escribir un tratado del casino con el slogan: be patient, be humble and listen to the universe y prometo que tengo que recuperar el video que Sean hizo del tratado porque todavia me estoy muriendo de la risa. IN DE VORIGE HOSTAL HEBBEN WE NAAST ONZE IERSE VRIENDEN SEAN EN DEIRDE, NEN FRANSMAN LEREN KENNEN EN EEN SPAANSE, REGIS EN SYLVIA. WE ZIJN ALLEMAAL SAMEN NAAR DE GLACIERS GETROKKEN. IK KON ...

Today went on a coastal walk of the west coast. Very dramatic. Also stopped off at the Pancake Rocks. Got a great night ahead at the poo pub, a special stop off for the kiwi experience. Went to Abel Tasman a few days back and took the water taxi up the coast and walked back down the coastal walk. Nice. Tomorrow we leave for Franz Josef where i will be doing a day of ice climbing ...