We made it to the US! We touched down in LA all jetlagged up, and had a seven hour wait to get on our bus to San Francisco, so we went for a little explore around Union Station.
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
Stewart Island
Stewart Island was definitely my favourite part of our New Zealand trip. It was so quiet and beautiful out there, and you could walk all day without seeing anyone else. We packed up our camping gear and heading out on the 3 day Rakiura trek.
It was so quiet and beautiful out there, and you could walk all day without seeing anyone else. We packed up our camping gear and heading out on the 3 day Rakiura trek.
The light out there was so beautiful; I woke up at dawn on our first morning and spent two hours on the beach chasing oyster catchers and seagulls and climbing about on rickety piers.
We arrived back tired and dirty and desperate for a big meal, and our beds. I could've stayed out on that island forever.
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Queenstown
Queenstown was so wet that we were stuck inside for about three days and I had to try and dry everything I owned on the last and only sunny day.
:(
Glaciers
After
Nelson we went south, to the Fox and Franz Josef glaciers. No camping
here; I think all the sites that used to operate were closed down
because it rained so much no one dared camp anyway. Without getting a
guide the glaciers were inaccessible, but we hitchhiked up to each one
and did the hour long walk from the carpark to within sight of the
glaciers.
Nelson and Abel Tasman
After leaving Christchurch
we got on a bus with our camping gear and headed up to Nelson. After a
few days lounging around and going to the beach we caught a water taxi
up to Abel Tasman National Park on the recommendation of my friend. It's
less than 23,000 hectares and is NZ's smallest national park, but it
felt deserted as we hiked from Bark Bay to our campsite, only meeting a
few people on our way back out the next day.
Happy campers! I think Alfie is too tired to smile here.
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