New Zealand post 29: CONCLUSION Our trip has effectively come to an end and we are slowly making our way back to Wellington for the long haul home. On the many busses, trains and ferries we have to toggle together to get there, we pass through quite a few of the places we traversed on…
New Zealand post 28: THE OLD GHOST ROAD The alarm blasts through my deepest sleep at 05h00 am. My first thought is that I set it erroneously on repeat for yesterday’s bus ride. It takes a while for memory to seep up through my foggy mind, but then it comes to me – we are…
New Zealand post 27: CALLING OUR BLUFF We awake to thunderous rain. I make coffee and take it back to bed, then call reception and extend our stay for another night. We’ll wait for the weather to abate, then ride the 35km to Bluff bagless, so we can tick that box and look forward to…
New Zealand post 26: KEEPING OURSELVES ENTERTAINED We are told that breakfast is included in the room rate. It is on a help yourself basis. We are directed to a small room where there are a few cereals, some instant coffee, milk, sugar and refined bread on offer. We fetch our own bread, since we…
New Zealand post 25: HOPING FOR HOTEL CALIFORNIA … There’s no sleeping in after our restless night, as the cars are streaming back out by 07h00 am. We peer out at the lake and there’s a strange smokey haze in the air. Seems like a fire close by, but we can’t smell anything. Certainly the…
New Zealand post 24: BUMBLING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A BANG! It’s a slow getaway, what with the 3 of us all packing up and then hanging at breakfast over coffee after coffee after coffee…At 12h15 Steve suddenly comes to his senses and realizes the ferry departs at 13h00 and we still need to…