Spectacular South Island
August 28th 2007 The trip across the Cook Strait was pretty much flat calm and there was some great scenery once we reached the Marlborough Sounds on the far side. We stopped at a winery on the way to Nelson for some free wine tasting, which was a nice start. We got to Nelson in the late afternoon but didn’t do much - nice dinner at the hostel, a few games of foosball and an early night.
In the morning we packe
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