Palms Nelson
5 Paru Paru Road, Cnr Halifax and Rutherford Sts. Nelson, South Island, New Zealand
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Wine tasting (getting drunk)
... They are so quiet we often wonder if the locals know something we don't. But then it's hardly surprising when you think only 4.4m people live in New Zealand - and more than 8m people live in London alone. We can drive for miles without seeing anyone - except maybe another campervan!
One massive downside to New Zealand though is the sandflies. Their bites itch for days and my feet are covered in them. Give me mosquitoes ...
Rainy day...booooo!
... which has a pool and hot tub, except there are a lot of long termers here and the same people have been in the hot tub for the past 3 hrs. There was free soup although by the time i got there it had run out. So I walked to the shop in the rain to get something to cook, then had an early night ready to catch the bus at 8am in the morning to ...
Abel Tasman National Park
... Cola, das wirklich nach Cola schmeckt und nicht nach Zucker und Kohlensäure, und das kein Coffein enthält.
Die Dusche im Chalet ist erfrischend, das Schläfchen danach auch, und nach ein paar Stunden haben wir richtig Hunger und fallen im Park Café ein, dem dritten Lokal im Ort, wo wir Jakobsmuscheln, Seafood Fettucine und als Nachtisch leckeren Cheesecake verdrücken.
Übrigens, was wir noch vergessen hatten zu schreiben: als wir im Park Café ...
End of RWC and South Island travels begin
... enjoying the banter although the tension was palpable! The mood in the stadium as it filled up to capacity was full of nerves, but 80 deserving minutes later the All Blacks had its sought after final and I, a sense of redemption that Australia did not go any further. Strangely the post-match celebrations were muted, as NZ went about itself in its usual understated manner. We did make our way down t Danny Doolans for a few drinks, but were back at the hostel at a far ...
The World Cup, Chinese visas and the wrong island
So having realised we would be in New Zealand at the time of the Rugby World Cup we thought we may as well try and a catch a match. Problem one - we were waiting on our Chinese Visa to be approved so could not leave the vicinity of Auckland (North Island) until we had picked up our passports. Problem two - England were playing their next two matches in Dunedin in the South Island. Problem three - Englands final group match would be ...



