Day 82. Takaka – Nelson – Pelorus Bridge. Our last lazy morning with a great breakfast (although I actually did get up early to call my parents, outside in the rain as the Wi-Fi in the hostel didn’t work). We then drive back through pouring rain to Nelson where we hand back the car at…
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Holidays in Nelson, Golden Bay, Abel Tasman (Part 3)
Day 81. Takaka. Wainui. Separation Point. Our final day together all three of us! We pack up as we stay our last night in a hostel in Takaka. First we drive to Wainui Falls, an easy hike of 2km leads to the falls, passing over a swingbridge that Coco wanted to cross. Back at Tata…
Holidays in Nelson, Golden Bay and Abel Tasman (Part 2)
Day 79. Takaka, Pupu Springs and New Year’s Eve. Saturday is village market day in Takaka, a small “hippie” town about 30km from Collingwood. Takaka is indeed a nice and arty town, graffiti everywhere and the market has its fair share of hippie clothes, jewellery, incense but also food (German Bratwurst!) and other nice stalls. …
Holidays in Nelson, Golden Bay and Abel Tasman (part 1)
It’s been amazing so far to meet my friends and spend some holidays from the trail! I decided that I will also take a break from writing long blog posts, rather sharing pictures from the beauty we discovered Day 76. Nelson. Peggy is celebrating her 40th birthday and we accompanied her to her birthday present,…
Treetops Backpackers to Havelock, Pelorus Bridge and finally Nelson
Day 74. Treetops Backpackers – Havelock Blue Moon Lodge. 38km. Total 1787km. I slept so well and only wake up at 7.45am! (My former working self would be laughing, I was always struggling to get up at 7.30am when I had to work). We head out for the trail at 9am, hiking uphill quite a…
Miner’s Camp to Treetops Backpackers. Christmas on the Queen Charlotte Track.
Day 72. Miner’s Camp – Punga cove Resort. 10km. Total 1727km. Christmas Eve! I wake up at 5am and have a short peek at the sunrise before going back into my sleeping bag – it’s very cold! At least the rain stopped finally and it’s a beautiful day ahead. Coco and Peggy were so freezing…
Wellington – Picton – Queen Charlotte Track. Enjoying easy days with my friends!
Day 70. Wellington to Picton. 0km on trail. Another zero day but today we still get up early to catch our ferry. We pack up all the food we already bought for the Queen Charlotte Track (what a stupid idea, the supermarket in Picton is of course well stocked and not more expensive) and luckily…
Zero days in Wellington.
Day 68-69. Wellington. 0km on trail. Having 4 nights in Wellington should give me some rest. At least that’s what I thought. But the first night was just after hiking in, the next day I still had to finish the trail and organise quite a lot of things, buy some new/replacement gear… And I still…
Porirua to Wellington. The end of the North Island story. 1702km done!
Day 66. Porirua – Wellington City. 31km. Total 1690 km. The singing birds wake me up at 5.30am. I take my time though and only head out at 7am after a good breakfast and preparing my egg-sandwiches for later. It’s completely cloudy and rather dark as I walk up to my first summit today. Some…
Parawei hut to Porirua. Sunshine, trail magic but also more tiredness.
Day 64. Parawei hut – Waikanae. 25km. Total 1611km. Back into my usual rhythm I start hiking at 6.45am into a blue sky and sunrise. The others will follow later and I will meet Chris and Malte at our accommodation in Waikanae later. I want to take it easy today and make breaks bit still…
Nichols Hut to Parawei hut.
Day 62. Nichols Hut – Waitewaewae hut. 8 km. Total 1577km. There was a storm last night and we even had to tighten the cord with which we made the door stay closed. It was rather warm with the 7 of us heating up the small hut. But in the early morning we are still…
Burtton Track Wahre to Nichols Hut. Stunning Tararuas.
Day 59. Burtton Track Wahre – Makahika Outdoor Pursuits Centre. 26km. Total 1538km After the pouring rain last night I wake up to clouds but at least no more rain. I put my wet clothes in a plastic bag and try to find dry ones to wear today (not that I have many clothes to…
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