As usual, I had to check out from the hotel in the morning. I choose to make it an early one, leaving me enough time to take the bus south to Crafers. Nature called. My ambition was to make it to the Gully waterfall. That didn’t happen. Online, I had red it would be a […]
What a wonderful day! Couldn’t have been any better. Half way to the bus station, I went into the Pathway of Pounamu, a local museum. Pounamu is the maori name for greenstone, jade. In New Zealand, it is only found in three places, one of them is the Westcoast of the southern island. The museum […]
Happy to leave this backpacker place. My room was okay, had nice conversations. The whole setting was a bit … shabby, with a few very special guests. The bus to Blenheim left on time. All the bus drivers are chatty, also this lady, though. Welcomed us in te Reo Maori. Explaining the landscape en special […]