Ok, so I am quite far behind. Quick synopsis - Friday March 31 I headed up to Hanmer Springs where I met up with Simon (from Nelson). We had a lot of fun up there, a good trip to the hot springs - quite impressive set up - 14 pools, and on Saturday a really nice little hike up to Conical Hill. It was an awesome view from up there and reminded me so much of home. Kinda like the Pass I guess. Then we took a little bit longer route back to Nelson. We headed back to the east coast and got to drive up to Kaikoura. What a beautiful place. Probably should have had a stop over there, but ah well. My new travel buddy - Andre th
e monkey (a gift from Mel and Klause the giraffe) had a good time playing around on some rocks and such in Kaikoura. Umm, we took a trip up to Golden Bay and stopped at this place called Harwood's Hole which is 400m deep and 70m wide. It was crazy and gave me a bit of vertigo. But cool to see. Basically the past week has consisted of hiking (aka tramping), climbing and hanging out in Nelson. Oh, and a day mountain biking. Unfortunately I don't have that many pictures, but ah well. I came out of the week with only one injury. I took a bit of a fall bouldering (tripped over my shoe when I jumped off the rock) and hit my back on a stump to leave a bruise resembling a large birth mark. So tons of fun. On Saturday we
packed up and headed to the Marlborough Sounds and onto the Queen Charlotte Track. We hiked into Mistletoe Bay and camped there over night. Wow did it rain Saturday night and we had ducks (almost as bad as Kias) attacking the tent and our shoes in the vestibule. And possum's make one hell of a racket at night. Anyways, we had to start tramping out in the rain (yeah for Gore-tex). It was kinda miserable, but had cleared up within an hour. We were on the trail for around 4.5 hours yesterday and then headed into Picton where I caught the ferry to Wellington. It was quite sad saying goodbye to the South Island, but the Queen Charlotte was definately a good ending. Anyways, now I am in Wellington and planning the last three weeks of my trip, I will be back April 29th. Talk to you all later! PS Pictures soon and sorry Holly and Thane. I was off having fun!
Ok, so I am quite far behind. Quick synopsis - Friday March 31 I headed up to Hanmer Springs where I met up with Simon (from Nelson). We had a lot of fun up there, a good trip to the hot springs - quite impressive set up - 14 pools, and on Saturday a really nice little hike up to Conical Hill. It was an awesome view from up there and reminded me so much of home. Kinda like the Pass I guess. Then we took a little bit longer route back to Nelson. We headed back to the east coast and got to drive up to Kaikoura. What a beautiful place. Probably should have had a stop over there, but ah well. My new travel buddy - Andre th
e monkey (a gift from Mel and Klause the giraffe) had a good time playing around on some rocks and such in Kaikoura. Umm, we took a trip up to Golden Bay and stopped at this place called Harwood's Hole which is 400m deep and 70m wide. It was crazy and gave me a bit of vertigo. But cool to see. Basically the past week has consisted of hiking (aka tramping), climbing and hanging out in Nelson. Oh, and a day mountain biking. Unfortunately I don't have that many pictures, but ah well. I came out of the week with only one injury. I took a bit of a fall bouldering (tripped over my shoe when I jumped off the rock) and hit my back on a stump to leave a bruise resembling a large birth mark. So tons of fun. On Saturday we 
packed up and headed to the Marlborough Sounds and onto the Queen Charlotte Track. We hiked into Mistletoe Bay and camped there over night. Wow did it rain Saturday night and we had ducks (almost as bad as Kias) attacking the tent and our shoes in the vestibule. And possum's make one hell of a racket at night. Anyways, we had to start tramping out in the rain (yeah for Gore-tex). It was kinda miserable, but had cleared up within an hour. We were on the trail for around 4.5 hours yesterday and then headed into Picton where I caught the ferry to Wellington. It was quite sad saying goodbye to the South Island, but the Queen Charlotte was definately a good ending. Anyways, now I am in Wellington and planning the last three weeks of my trip, I will be back April 29th. Talk to you all later! PS Pictures soon and sorry Holly and Thane. I was off having fun!
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