Hello Everyone!
Here is a brief rundowns of my last few days in New Zealand....
Abel Tasman hiking adventure! Although magnificent I was horribly unprepared for just how deserted this beautiful part of New Zealand is. Wearing a long sleeved shirt, jeans and a scarf...doh... it's winter! I headed off on my hiking adventure, only to find it was bloody freezing by the time I disembarked from the water taxi on a lonely desserted beach at Onetahuti (me, myself and I).
No going back as I waved goodbye to the water taxi and headed up the clifftop path. By the second mountain (probably a hill to more experienced hikers) I felt like I was dying. I was the ONLY one on the walk. I kept thinking what if I fall, there's no mobile reception! No one will know I'm here. Eventually there was a sign saying turn right for high tide walk, straight for low tide walk. It looked like low tide so I headed down only to find bugger, shit, arse, head in hole it was not. On the up side the water looked fairly shallow (knee height) so not to be daunted I rolled up my jeans, took off my boots and began wading across - by the time I was mid-way across and jeans soaked to my bum the heavens opened and proceeded to soak the top half of me as well.
2 hours later I was sitting on the bus heading back to Nelson soaked from top to toe swearing NEVER to go hiking again! A hot shower and a cup of soup however had me feeling mildly normal by the time I went to bed that evening.
Greymouth Brewery! I did the brewery tour with a bunch of girls and guys from my bus. It was great fun although by the time we had finished eating and drinking more I made the wise choice of heading home and felt that I should save myself for Queenstown!
Franz Josef! Glacier hike... after Abel Tasman! NO BLOODY WAY! Instead.... Bianca and I took the Scenic Heli Flight over the glacier which was absolutely stunning! It landed on top of Fox Glacier and we got to play in the ice/snow where I rather uncermoniously landed on my arse!
I have binned a second day in Franz Josef and am instead heading down to Queenstown a day earlier than anticipated but as there is LOTS more to do down there it seems like a wise choice! I have even decided to try my hand at skiing... watch this space!
Bye for now, Dxxx
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