Annabelle Motel Hokitika
214 Weld Street Hokitika, South Island, 7810, New Zealand
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Die schönsten 100km
... bezaubernde Sonnenuntergänge und auch da werde ich nicht enttäuscht. Ohne lästige Wolken vor der Sicht, versinkt der glühende orange Ball im Meer! Allerdings stören die bekannten „Sandflies“ die stimmungsvolle Atmosphäre. Weil ich vergessen habe mich ein zu sprayen, hüpfe ich am Strand auf und ab, um mir die lästigen Viecher vom Leib zu ...
Oh, But There's More!
... or ten minutes away. We were wrong of course, and ended up on a nice walk that brought us from dusk past nightfall. By the time we entered the dell we couldn't so much as see the floor underneath our feet under the night sky and surrounding tree canopy, and although we'd brought flashlights we instead opted to let our night vision kick in.
The result ...
Franz Josef, Greymouth, Trans Alpine Train end of
... on board the boat, along with 15 or so other paying guests, and were on our way, in sunny yet windy conditions in Waipu. The captain and his one man crew, knew their stuff and took us around the bluffs to get some protection from the strong winds, and we soon all found ourselves having plenty of bites on our rods and were hauling in a catch. The never seemed that long, although we got tired of pulling up fish, with plenty of Snapper, Trevelli and a visitor from a Mako shark and some ...
The Poo Pub
On the way to our next destination we were told we'd be stopping for supplies for a fancy dress party this evening, and that the theme was to go as the first letter of your name (well something that also starts with the first letter). Time to start thinking!
Lunch stop was at a place called Punakaiki, known for it's Pancake Rocks and Blowholes. The rocks are made of layers of limestone (formed from dead sea creatures) which have raised up from the sea bed by earthquakes, and ...
Good Buggers!
... relentless, astounding, absorbing, thrilling, remarkable. Enough - I am bored now!
It gets you like that. But that does not do it justice. since the last blog we drove to Milford Sound and went out in a boat as the weather was lifting. Not only did we see the amazing fjord scenery, but penguins, seals and dolphins; and the dolphins were up for playing too. We must have watched them for half an hour! ...



