Queen Charlotte Track

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So today we came back from this wonderful 4 days hike.
As I mentioned before, we walked a lot... The first 2 days were very tiring, walking 51 km total (plus some uncounted track to get to the place you sleep...). The nice thing about this track is that you sleep in backpackers, with a shower and a kitchen, and not in a "mountain hut". In additon, the big bag is transferred by a water taxi from one point to the next. So it was just us, some water, some lunch picnic and some goodies (we love marshmalloes here!).
The views on the way are, as usual, so beautiful. It's very different from the previous places, as we are by the sea and we see it all the time, bays and coves (=small bays), blue and green water, trees, flowers. Amazing.
In the third day we only walked less than 10km, and stopped for a rest in a lodge on the beach, a very spoiling place (Lochmara lodge). They have 30 hammocks ("arsalim") you can choose for your rest, they have kayaks (Erez did but for me it was too tiring...), a jaccuzi, apple cake with ice cream in the evening and muffins (double chocolate :-) in the morning, and a real bed with linens, no need for a sleeping bag... and this is in the middle of our trek :-)
This morning we walked "just another 3 hours" to meet our baot, and complete this wonderful hike.

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