Happy Easter Everyone! Hope your scoffing lots of chocolate eggs. Have stocked up with cadburys cream eggs today as they were half price! The second night in the hostel from hell in Kaikoura was actually ok. We hired extra blankets so made it through the freezing cold night! Left there this morning at 10am on route for Nelson. We travelled through Blenheim and stopped and had lunch there. The weather is hot today so all is good. Drove on and finally arrived in Nelson at about 2.30pm. Its a small city, population of 52,000. Seems really nice, a bit sleepy today but its easter sunday so nothing is really open. Checked into our hostel, Palace backpackers. Seems nice, we've got a 5 bedded dorm in a holiday shalet part of the hostel. Seperate bathroom, kitchen
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