Past few weeks has been filled with activities in weekends and as we gain confidence we are exploring what this beautiful country with its beautiful people have to offer.
We did the following trips so far, some just simple tramping trips and some a bit more
May 11th - Tramping near Castle Rock... caught in sudden turn of weather and the temperature changed from nice sunny 16C to cold 7C in like 15 minutes as the rain and winds come in! Amazing experience, cold and I guess important lesson for us.
May 18th - Tramping and Jetboating trip to Rakaia Gorge, beautiful scenery, pictures in my photobucket website.
Sat 31May to Mon 2nd June - Trip to base of Aoraki (Mt Cook) for tramping and then down to Dunedin to visit Lanache Castle and Cadbury Factory (wouldn't it be nice if the world was chocolate...... song still ringin in my ear...)
7th June - Kaikoara for fishing trip (did not catch anything) and sightseeing in Kaikoara. Did not learn my lesson i guess with regards to weather change, beautiful sunny day on way up to Kaikoara but on way back, IT SNOWED!, took 4 hours to get back as the road was full of snow and precariously we were sliding at some point! Thank goodness for my Land Rover offroading experience (and plenty of luck and Gods will) that managed to get back safely in the Toyota 2wd 8 seater Granvia! Thats it getting a 4WD soon, in fact got it already but that is another story.... no not an overpriced Land Rover but just something to allow me to get to low gear and 4wd option and larger wheels... that story to come.
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