Hey everyone. We're back for another installation of our sporadically updated blog. The last few days have been a wild ride. The first photo you just looked at was from the Cuba Street Carnival, a bi-annual festival in Wellington. Unbeknownst to us, the Carnival was scheduled for the weekend we were to be in town, thereby limiting our hostel choices. The Carnival was actually a great time, with closed off streets and a nighttime parade. It really made our Wellington experience pretty exciting.
We departed on the ferry to the South Island on Sunday morning, and arrived in the lovely town of Nelson Sunday afternoon. Our experience there could not have been better, with a near-bed-and-breakfast experience at the greatest hostel in New Zealand.
Then the trouble started. We arrived in Takaka for our next wwoofing (farming) stint and our host was not at the bus stop. After a frantic hour, we ended up at a hostel and found that our host had come to the bus stop at the wrong time. We decided that was a bad sign and nixed the wwoofing all together (i.e. more vacation). The next day we borrowed bikes from the hostel and rode to the beach (about 10k, see picture 2). After a lovely few hours we decided to beat the storm clouds home. Our bike tire had other ideas. We carefully navigated the curvy roads until a very generous couple offered us a ride back to our hostel, bikes in tow.
We departed on the ferry to the South Island on Sunday morning, and arrived in the lovely town of Nelson Sunday afternoon. Our experience there could not have been better, with a near-bed-and-breakfast experience at the greatest hostel in New Zealand.
Then the trouble started. We arrived in Takaka for our next wwoofing (farming) stint and our host was not at the bus stop. After a frantic hour, we ended up at a hostel and found that our host had come to the bus stop at the wrong time. We decided that was a bad sign and nixed the wwoofing all together (i.e. more vacation). The next day we borrowed bikes from the hostel and rode to the beach (about 10k, see picture 2). After a lovely few hours we decided to beat the storm clouds home. Our bike tire had other ideas. We carefully navigated the curvy roads until a very generous couple offered us a ride back to our hostel, bikes in tow.
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i think it's great that you were able to take advantage of having even more vacation (even though i know you would have loved to wwoof some more!). it's amazing how much they got that fish "float?" to look just like the actual deep sea fish!! sounds like you two are continuing to have a blast! miss you and love you.
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hillary
Gosh guys, i hadn't checked in for a few days and was blown away by the Tongario Crossing experience. Wow!!!!! Pity that the mist interfered at all, but judging by the pix, you had a few moments of visual clarity to enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThe Cuba carnival looked like fine also. So Noods, you finally made it to South Island now that you're in Nelson (your grandfather's namesake....)
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What's traveling without a little (mis)adventure?! It makes things all that more memorable. I know you love the farming...but you both deserve a little more vacation and I too would have taken the man not being there as a bad sign. Love these updates! Miss you guys a lot!! xoxo.
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