First, after a very lovely time in Wellington with Gavin Howse, the two of us headed down to the South Island on the ferry (dolphins on our way out of Wellyland!) and landed in Picton where we spent the night. We met two very friendly chaps, one Emil from the Netherlands and Milo, an Italian living in Cairns. The hostel was very cozy - lots of people cooking dinner! But we had to go and be true to our college upbringing and eat ramen for dinner. Typical Americans? Yup.
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| Mt. Victoria! Courtesy of Mr. Gavin Howse. |
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| The two of us having a bit of fun on the ferry trip :) |
The great story of this post: attempting the Queen Charlotte, a 2-night, 3-day, 71km trek through the beautiful Marlborough Sounds. Thought we planned for a great adventure, making sure we had a tent, proper sleeping bags and lots of food, we HIGHLY overestimated our physical capabilities on this tramp! The first day was a full 8.5 hours (26km) of hiking up and down hills with a third of our body weight on our backs. Though we desperately wished we could have finished the trip, we chose to bailed out knowing our bodies wouldn't be able to travel 24km the next day. We called the awesome water taxi company who had taken us to the beginning (only accessible by water in Ship's Cove, where Captain Cook landed!) and had the pick us up the following day. Hanging our heads in shame, we walked back from the docks to our hostel and stayed another night.
Left: Leaving Picton on the great catamaran in the Marlborough Sounds!
Right: Carly on an awesome drawbridge on the track (maximum capacity: 2 people).
Today we headed down to lovely Kaikoura - a great coastal town where mountains meet ocean - and plan to go whale watching tomorrow! However, there seems to be a very large storm brewing overnight that is supposed to hit ALL of New Zealand, so we're anticipating a cancellation of our trip tomorrow. We may just end up at the local pub...who knows?
Hopefully we'll have great pictures to come! We love and miss you all and are thinking about you!
Right: Carly on an awesome drawbridge on the track (maximum capacity: 2 people).
Today we headed down to lovely Kaikoura - a great coastal town where mountains meet ocean - and plan to go whale watching tomorrow! However, there seems to be a very large storm brewing overnight that is supposed to hit ALL of New Zealand, so we're anticipating a cancellation of our trip tomorrow. We may just end up at the local pub...who knows?
Hopefully we'll have great pictures to come! We love and miss you all and are thinking about you!
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| Our condolence prize: a gorgeous view of the Marlborough Sounds! |
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