Boutique Motel Nelson

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... ready to unpack for the day and stay overnight (which would kill any chance to go to Blue Lake or Moss Pass), Adam came back inside saying that he was up for pushing to Travers Pass and West Sabine Hut. We started off for the 600 m ascent and 1000 m descent and I led the pace up, trying to cut the 6 hours time frame as much as possible to avoid being trapped up there and in the rain. Less than 1 hour after departure, we were taking a picture of us at Travers Pass ...

... by hills, massive trees and the river. The next morning we went White Water Rafting which was SUPER cold, but very fun! We were on the river for about 3 hours. This river is grade 5 meaning it's the highest level of rafting which can be operated commercially. No one fell out, so it was all good. From River Valley we headed to Wellington, which is the capital city as well as the windest city, which proved to be true ...

... continued on the inland track, Dom and I decided to catch the bus and head back to Blenheim. We had heard the inland track wasn't anywhere near as well kept up as the coastal track and there were a couple more mountains in the way, one more than 1,000 meters. I didn't want to risk it with my knee acting up, especially the mountains, and Dom decided he had had enough as well, so while the other two got up early to continue on another full-day hike south, Dom and I ...

After being to franz josef glacier we travelled to hokitika. we had a quick walk around the town however as it was the weekend most of the shops were closed. There was a lot of art and craft shops selling traditional jade jewellery. In the evening we went to the black sand beach and watched the sunset. We also went to see some glow worms.
We arrived in ...

... water!! Lovely! We went for a walk around and visited a couple of beaches before kayaking around Adele island where there were some seals basking, we manage to get really close and it was amazing to see these wild seals! (but again another silly outfit!)

Kaikoura to Marahau (Abel Tasman) via Picton Wind our way up the rugged coastal roads, stopped at a seal colony. We then headed through the famous Marlborough vineyard area and stop at the coastal town of Nelson before heading onto Motueka to get supplies on our way to our night stop of ...

... out everyone was thinking the same so we all headed off for bed round about 9pm! The next day morning was a little bit rainy but it wasn't cold. We were walking 17km today and the kayakers were paddling for half the day and then walking the rest with us. John kept us topped up with information about the landscape we were walking through and as he has lived here all his life, and his family actually own a patch of 18 acres and a beach along the route we were walking, it is ...