Kia Ora from Abel Tasman
National Park! I have had such a great twenty-four hours and can’t wait to tell
you all about it - -
Tuesday:
We stayed the night on Monday
at the best hostel I could ever dream of. They gave us apple crisp when we
arrived, there was a tree house, so many flowers and gardens. It was just the
cutest cottage and so nice to stay in. We woke up and walked around Picton on
Tuesday. It is amazingly beautiful. The mountains, water, everything is just so
perfect. We walked around the small downtown area, took some pictures, and did
some grocery shopping.
our hostel!
so awesome
Picton!
Jordan, Me, Lauren, and Brittany!
Picton I love you!
We met our bus around 12:30
got on and headed to wine country! So many people from so many countries on our
bus Germany, Canada, UK (heaps of them), Switzerland, Scotland, and Columbia.
So fun to talk to everyone J
bus - very small - I sat on the wheel well all day
We stopped in a winery and
tasted about 5 wines. They were good, not the best but pretty good. I love this
part of the country – especially the wine.
We headed West and got to
Abel Tasman National Park at dusk. The hostel is awesomeee! The huts are new
and super cute.
We got some chicken,
veggies, potatoes, avocados for dinner so we grilled them up and it was the
best dinner I have had yet in NZ!
Wednesday (today)
Woke up, had some breakfast
then about 12 of us headed out for the day. We all signed up for a walk/sail
for the day. We started with a 12k walk around the bays wowzza it was a
beautiful sight to see.
After about 3 hours of
walking we got to Anchorage Bay where we had lunch and waited for our boat.
our ride
We spent 4.5 hours on the
catamaran soaking up the sun, sailing, getting wet by all the waves, and having
a blast. We saw seals (and baby pups) and then went to an island where penguins
live – but I didn’t see any L
We sailed around sweet islands, interesting rocks, and beautiful water.
split apple rock
SEALS!!!!! In the middle with their heads sticking up :)
MORE SEALS!
Now we just ate some dinner
(so good salad) and hanging out. I know I will sleep well tonight! I will have internet
on my Friday and your Thursday – keep you updated then! Miss you all J
were heading to Blackball tomorrow - its a small western country town ( I am a bit skeptical)
I love this blog!!
ReplyDeleteAlmost as good as being there!
This would be MY favorite part of the country thus far