We've done a lot since last posting, but we'll keep this brief.
We drove to Motueka and based ourselves there for a couple of days. After hunting around for accommodation we found a couple of nice place to stay. One was a backpackers, where we could have a double en-suite room for $60(about 24quid), but Shivani didn't fancy hanging around with soap dodgers, so we opted for the nicer and more expensive nearby hotel with 40" flatscreen TV, Spa bath and luxury kitchen. So much for that budget of ours!
The next day we headed up to a plave called Marahau, which is the base for exploring Abel Tasman and got a water taxi up to Bark Bay, a favoured walking spot. We then walked back through bush, across streams and over a swing bridge, which really did swing(Sivani was very brave!). Once back in Motueka we treated ourselves to a bag of greasy chips and settled in to watch Lord Of The Rings on the flatscreen mentioned earlier.
After all that we drove to Nelson the next day, which was pretty uneventful and prayed for good weather for the following day and our ferry crossing.
At the port in Picton, before the crossing we had a bite of lunch at a traditional Indian restuarant, where Andrew had the best chai he'd ever tasted in a restuarant, but still not as good as Ila Ji's!
We crossed to Wellington nice and calmly, which was good after our lunch and arrived in Wellington.
Drove to Napier the next day and stayed in a B&B recommended in the Lonely Planet Guide called "Sea Breeze", where the rooms are themed. We stayed in the Chinese room, just to get us in the mood for China later on our trip. Napier was nice and styled in art deco, but as the weather was not great we didn't hang around.
We drove to Hamilton the next day, which is pretty much just a stop-over town and then headed up to The Bay Of Islands, which is where we write this from.
It is beautiful here, but more of that in the next blog.........
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