Christchurch
Travelled from Wellington to Christchurch yesterday. 745 am start to the wellington - picton ferry. The ferry is a rather hefty, but accommodating former sealink ferry. Even at this time of year the car deck was barely 1/3 full. The journey through the sound to picton was very scenic, turquoise waters framed by steep sided, tree clad shores. The sound buzzed with small speed boats and the odd small plane or helicopter. A three hour trip and we arrived in picton, a small town not unlike Oban.
A short walk to the train and away we go on another magical mystery tour on Tranzscenic TranzCoastal. It's so dispiriting seeing huge truck fly past you on the road running parallel but when you sit back and remember you're in no rush and that it just gives you more time to admire the scenery it seems quite acceptable.
We're still coming to terms with the fact that time is not important, we're in no rush and nothing needs getting done.
We passed through the currently drought stricken vineyards of malborough and down to the coast, over various shrunken rivers and through sheep, cow and deer covered fields.
The coastal seas and pacific ocean just pleaded to be swum in and soon before kaikoura, whale watching capital of the world it seems, we saw dozens of new zealand fur seals lounging on the rocks, some of them managing to clamber to seemingly impossible heights. After a couple of long 'operational' stops we got to Kaikoura. We're definitely going back there. Soon after we were back inland and Bill Hicks entertained me on the MP3 player for the rest of the journey much to the suspicion of the passenger opposite as smiles and smirks continued to appear across my face for no apparent reason.
Anyway, thanks to the wonders of the net, I managed to get us the weekend in a 4 star hotel for 48GBP for a twin room per night, it's normally 113GBP so a little luxury for a fraction of the price. Back to the hostels next week though.
Happy Days.
A short walk to the train and away we go on another magical mystery tour on Tranzscenic TranzCoastal. It's so dispiriting seeing huge truck fly past you on the road running parallel but when you sit back and remember you're in no rush and that it just gives you more time to admire the scenery it seems quite acceptable.
We're still coming to terms with the fact that time is not important, we're in no rush and nothing needs getting done.
We passed through the currently drought stricken vineyards of malborough and down to the coast, over various shrunken rivers and through sheep, cow and deer covered fields.
The coastal seas and pacific ocean just pleaded to be swum in and soon before kaikoura, whale watching capital of the world it seems, we saw dozens of new zealand fur seals lounging on the rocks, some of them managing to clamber to seemingly impossible heights. After a couple of long 'operational' stops we got to Kaikoura. We're definitely going back there. Soon after we were back inland and Bill Hicks entertained me on the MP3 player for the rest of the journey much to the suspicion of the passenger opposite as smiles and smirks continued to appear across my face for no apparent reason.
Anyway, thanks to the wonders of the net, I managed to get us the weekend in a 4 star hotel for 48GBP for a twin room per night, it's normally 113GBP so a little luxury for a fraction of the price. Back to the hostels next week though.
Happy Days.
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