The Waters of Greenstone

Here's a great video:

The Waters of Greenstone from Nathan Kaso on Vimeo.

Tasmaninan Abel

Bikes & Wines in Marlborough

Biked around Renwick, the epicenter of the wine region in Marlborough. Because of the climate they grow mostly white wines, and predominantly Sauvignon Blanc. There were also lots of rieslings, gewurztraminers and dessert wines at all of the vinyards we stopped at, so I loved it! New Zealand is also known for it's Pinot Noir, but the best of that comes from Central Otago.

Freedom Camping in Kaikoura

The Adventures of Olde Blue Zealand begin

Who knew that all you need in life can be contained in a 150 sq. feet space. Ok, maybe not everything you need in life, but definitely everything you need for a week or two of traveling!

Magical Castles & Churches

I thought today would be a boring driving day, with the main goal to get ourselves from Hokitika on the West Coast to Christchurch on the East. But of course the least planned days lead to the best surprises, and we saw two of the most spectacular places today, Hokitika Gorge and the magical rocks at Castle Hill. That's what makes New Zealand so magical, you can just turn off the road and find the most majestic thing!

What does the Fox 'Glacier' Say?

I guess it takes about a week to reach the 'what day of the week is it again?' phase, and that's fine with me. Looking back, I had no idea it was a Sunday the entire time we were in driving up the West Coast, but then again, not so sure it mattered. No matter the day, there were always tourist things open, always people tramping, towns were always a bit sleepier and quieter than we could have ever imagined. And the drive north to Hokitika was no different.

Our destination was Fox Glacier for a planned hike on the ice. But it rained pretty heavily the entire drive up, so by the time we got to the outfitters we weren't much in the mood to done crampons in the pouring rain. I was slightly concerned about having to shell out a couple of hundred bucks for this hike, but when we got to the office we found out the trip had to be cancelled for safety. At the time I wasn't disappointed because we weren't really feeling up to it anyways. In hindsight it's probably the one thing on the trip I wished we could have done, but you've got to make cuts here and there, we still got to see the glacier anyways! Yay for free trips :)

Since we finished up earlier than expected in Fox Glacier we decided to drive on to Hokitika, the land of the greenstone!