Blogs from Picton, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 4

Grabbed the Ferry this morning having decided to spend time in Wellington on the way back. Not much to shout about in Picton, and we moved on to Nelson quite quickly. Didn't do too much today either, having a slightly more relaxing time, though did take a walk around Nelson main streets etc. Then finished up with a game of football. And a by the way on football, I'm actually travelling with another Norwich fan called James who lives in Thorpe and plays football at the Power League! "It's a small world after all!"... read more

Today Jared, David, and I went on the early morning ferry and arrived in Picton. The trip went pretty well, I got kinda sick on the boat ride, but oh well. We then got on the train to Christchurch. It took about six or seven hours, but we bumped into Chelsea and her younger sister onboard. The train ran along the coast part of the way, so I got to take some nice pictures of Kairkora and other beach cities. After we got into Christchurch we walked for nearly an hour to our hostel, Stonehurst. It was a nice hostel, but the beds were extremely hard. We don't have any plans, so we are just gonna act very spontaneously here in Christchurch.... read more

Dearest woo-foos! Back to Queenstown, though my body has left the seductive deathwish capital where I lept to my demise via Canyon Swing, my heart still beats with its life force. Thus, I'll write in the present tense: This town crackles with energy. It's the 7th most popular vacation destination in the WORLD and it's not hard to see why. It's nestled at the base of the Remarkables mountains, home of Mordor for you Lord of the Rings freakies, and one of the only two mountain chains in the world that run true north and south.(The Andes sharing the honor). They look quite sinister with their jagged peaks looking like giant gray teeth chewing the sky to bits. Lake Wakatipu serves as the waterway that the town wraps itself around. Come nightful, everyone here is ... read more

Well today we had to leave the beauty of Kaikoura. We both loved the place, it had spectacular scenery and our hostel was so cosy. Anyway we are now on the path back up the coast to Picton. Picton is where we will get the ferry across to Wellington and then drive all day (10 hours) up to Auckland so we can catch our flight to Fiji on Friday. When I say we will drive I really mean Andrew because as much as I have offered he has still not accepted, wonder why?!! We are spending two days in a lovely hostel which has a great garden, fully equipped with spa pool. There are loads of sand flies and other little biting creatures here so I bought some super strength insect repellent, Andrew however is still ... read more