NZ Mostly the South Island
Wellington, the Capital, was great lots of events going on from people doing chalk scrawls on the pavement, to loads of racing boats in port, to a free Latin American festival, also went and jived for one evening.
Next up was The South Island.
Picton first with great walks and mountain bike ride, meeting friends of friends, and almost going kayaking.
Off to walk the Abel Tasman, a lovely walk, with friends from Ceroc carrying a bit of my stuff for the first day, it was weird meeting up with people from home over here, but almost expect it!
Next up was a 2 day adventure hitching a lift for those days, meeting a huge spectrum of different people, luckly none of the serial killer variety!
Franz Joseph was walking though worm holes and using an ice pic to explore the glacier there, in glorious sun!
The last week has been pure walking doing the Kepler track in a day( well the core 45km of it), then the Milford track(53.9km) and finally the Routeburn(39km), with amazing 'magical forest', lots of moss covering everything and dense undergrowth. Also snow capped mountains and the crunch of snow underfoot, later on walking though gentle snow falling, walking through the bases of waterfalls, getting totally soaked. Eating far too many instant meal, ahhh. I may have forgotten the clear blue skies and superb mountain ranges!!!!
I'm now back in Auckland, for meeting some other relatives, fabric shopping( have to keep mum happy), and a rowing regatta( watching only :-( )
Last night after getting back going out to get some mint to make tea with, I finally saw a preying mantis in nature, it was awesome, it was such a curious little creature following my finger a bit, and waving its mandibles in the air. Also its funny little head. I got scared at one stage it tried to make a getaway into the house, and after it having entertained me for at least 10 minutes I wanted it to have a good life, even if it was going to be 24hrs.
Oh on a related note also saw a Kea,a native New Zealand bird, which like to pick at anything with its beak, from walking shoes left out, to sheeps' kidneys, nice. It was flying towards me on the top of Kepler, and you could see the reddish underside of the bird, and the tallons and did a large loop around my head(2m off?), lots of NZ birds are curious soles, some seem to follow you leaping from branch to branch reminding me of Narnia.
Sorry about the lack of picutres, finding cheap broadband is a challenge!
Next up was The South Island.
Picton first with great walks and mountain bike ride, meeting friends of friends, and almost going kayaking.
Off to walk the Abel Tasman, a lovely walk, with friends from Ceroc carrying a bit of my stuff for the first day, it was weird meeting up with people from home over here, but almost expect it!
Next up was a 2 day adventure hitching a lift for those days, meeting a huge spectrum of different people, luckly none of the serial killer variety!
Franz Joseph was walking though worm holes and using an ice pic to explore the glacier there, in glorious sun!
The last week has been pure walking doing the Kepler track in a day( well the core 45km of it), then the Milford track(53.9km) and finally the Routeburn(39km), with amazing 'magical forest', lots of moss covering everything and dense undergrowth. Also snow capped mountains and the crunch of snow underfoot, later on walking though gentle snow falling, walking through the bases of waterfalls, getting totally soaked. Eating far too many instant meal, ahhh. I may have forgotten the clear blue skies and superb mountain ranges!!!!
I'm now back in Auckland, for meeting some other relatives, fabric shopping( have to keep mum happy), and a rowing regatta( watching only :-( )
Last night after getting back going out to get some mint to make tea with, I finally saw a preying mantis in nature, it was awesome, it was such a curious little creature following my finger a bit, and waving its mandibles in the air. Also its funny little head. I got scared at one stage it tried to make a getaway into the house, and after it having entertained me for at least 10 minutes I wanted it to have a good life, even if it was going to be 24hrs.
Oh on a related note also saw a Kea,a native New Zealand bird, which like to pick at anything with its beak, from walking shoes left out, to sheeps' kidneys, nice. It was flying towards me on the top of Kepler, and you could see the reddish underside of the bird, and the tallons and did a large loop around my head(2m off?), lots of NZ birds are curious soles, some seem to follow you leaping from branch to branch reminding me of Narnia.
Sorry about the lack of picutres, finding cheap broadband is a challenge!
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