Coping with public and private transport since 2001
Today is a day with a lot of driving, again! We are going on a cruise through Milford Sound, which is considered to be one of the best boat tips one can make in New Zealand. The Milford Sound is probably one of the last few truly untouched pieces of wilderness in the country, and they are pretty adamant about
Continue readingWow. Even after such a short amount of time, Kinloch has really grown on me. Surrounded by majestic mountain ranges and lying directly opposite to Glenorchy on the banks of Lake Wakatipu, it is utterly quiet and peaceful. There are loads of outdoor activities to do, and the surroundings are beautiful. Stunning views everywhere! Yes, it does rain quite a
Continue readingWhen in Rome, act like the romans. Or so they say. And so we did. With this part of the country being considered to be perfect for taking a walk, it should be foolish of us not going for said walk. There are quite a few tracks out here, of which Routeburn, Greenstone and Caples are the most well known.
Continue readingGeraldine has been nice to us! A lovely breakfast with muesli and pancakes, together with sunshine and blue skies: one could easily forget we are firmly off course. Yet we are still. We needed to cover about 400kms today to get to Glenorchy, instead of the 160 it would have been if we slept in Wanaka where we should have
Continue readingOK, first things first. I am not where I should be right now, but we are fine. We should be in Wanaka, in a motel over there and should also have been spending the afternoon walking alongside the shores of magnificent Lake Wanaka. Instead, we spent the afternoon, and much of the rest of the day, driving like madmen to
Continue readingYay, more rain! It might sound a little boring, but there it is. Consecutive day of rain número 10 has started, and we do not like it. Also, the people at Fox Glacier Guiding don’t like this amount of rain and have cancelled all tours which are going onto the glacier itself. Instead, they are offering a walk to the
Continue readingAgain a rainy start of the day here in Punakaiki: we woke up to the thunderous sound of the rain falling in these rainforest like surroundings. Bummer. Happy new year by the way! These warm holidays are messing our feeling for time up. Christmas was weird, and now New Years is also a little off. As we are going to
Continue readingWhat a lovely surprise this morning: we woke up to a blue sky with a few white clouds in it and the temperature was still a lovely 20 degrees. After a wonderful breakfast, this time with eggs on toast with some smoked salmon on the side, we decided to warm up a little more and lie on the breach for
Continue readingWell, the forecast for today was pretty much bang on: rain. There are basically two ways of getting into Abel Tasman NP: on foot, or by boat. We chose for the latter, as the full Abel Tasman Coastal Track will take about 3 days to complete. And with the current weather, that amount of time outside is just intolerable. We
Continue readingYet again, we wake up to cloudy skies and near torrential rain. The forecast says it will be better after Tuesday, but seeing it is Sunday today, that will take a while. Today we’ll have to travel a few hours to Abel Tasman National Park, and as we won’t be outside much, the rain is of lesser importance. If would
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