Leaving Wanaka we head further North up through the South Island. Our first stop on the way is at the Fox Glacier, we get there late in the afternoon and walk to the base of the Glacier in the drizzle but it still looks amazing. We walk back to the car before it gets any darker and make our way into town where we stay at a nice little backpacker...

Plutot que de crapahuter charge comme un mulet, de se taper des denivelles destructeurs de genous et de dormir sur un sale matelas en plastique froid enroule dans son sac de couchage apres avoir slurpe sa soupe de nouilles chinoises a 53 cents, pourquoi ne pas plutot marcher a faible altitude pendant qu'un bateau achemine son gros sac bien rempl...

Now the ferry crossing is a bit special, especially if you have a nice day like we did. Leaving the port of Wellington offered some spectacular views of the green hills and the coastline around the capital, however it was coming into Picton which was special. We went through the Malborough Sounds, it was wonderful, all these green covered hills...

We arrived off the ferry, a little whoozy from the close to 4 hour journey, and looked for the DOC info site, which was closed when we found it. The woman who was closing up pointed us to the nearest campsite, and we headed for it. 30 ,very windy, and car sick, minutes later we arrived at Aussie Bay and cooked our usual campsite dinner of veggie...

Vi rejser med Kiwi Experience paa New Zealand. Og det er absolut en helt genial maade at rejse paa. Man ser landet og stopper op forskellige steder og kigger natur. Guiden har styr paa alle de adventures man skulle faa lyst til. Og man moeder en del andre rejsende. Vi staar af og paa som vi lyster. Har dog en fast rute, men den har vi jo selv va...

Nach 3 Stunden auf der Fähre kommen wir in Picton an. Picton ist ein kleines Dorf das hauptsächlich vom Fährentourismus lebt. Hier kann man verschiedene Tracks machen, Ausflüge in die Marlborough Sounds, kayaken,biken.... Wir machen eine Tour mit dem Postboot und eine Tagesetappe des Queen Charlotte Tracks. Das schöne an diesem Track ist, dass m...

Picton Am 17. Juni war es soweit! Wir haben nach 3 Verschiebungen jetzt endlich unsere Fähre in den Süden genommen. Abfahrt war in Wellington um 13.00 Uhr und nach 3 ½ Stunden sind wir endlich auf der Südinsel angekommen. Die Fahrt war superschön, vor allem der enge Queen Charlotte Sound hat es uns angetan. Es war wahnsinnig kalt (Fahrtwind und ...

We awoke this morning, like any other morning. Got ready, took the tent down, etc. Then TJ looked over to our neighbors site and noticed a girl had pulled up on a motorcycle with long long blond hair in braids down to her hips . . . . she began painting clown faces onto these two guys, for no apparent reason. Their van had the logo, something vi...

Here it is, our dairy entry for the South Island......I hope that you are sitting comfortably.... As I sit here, in Lisa's living room - with Nathan and Daniel fighting over a train set in the background and Lisa attempting to separate them, (it is quite a comical fight really - Nathan is currently the 'bigger' brother, however Daniel is a big b...

We head out early on the bus for Picton a small town at the top of the North Island; Susi and I decide not to stay there (very, very small town with only wine tours to keep us busy) but instead to catch an intercity bus with Karl to Nelson so that we have more time to explore the Abel Tasman national park. The ride is breath taking is we drive t...