After the glacier town of Franz Josef, we were all set to travel further down the South Island and witness the fall colours. We had been told that fall was the best time to visit New Zealand, and now was the time to experience this first hand. Bye-bye, West Coast […]
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“West coast” always has a wild streak to it. After exploring the offbeat and bohemian Golden Bay in the north of the South Island of New Zealand we had to decide our direction to move ahead. Heading southwards via the west coast felt like a perfect way to further discover […]
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Ever since Simon, our friend in Wellington had pointed to the part of the South Island of New Zealand that looked like a kiwi, and said that it was the most beautiful part of New Zealand, we knew we had to make our way to the Golden Bay. That it […]
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We had decided to take the offbeat route to the Golden Bay in the South Island of New Zealand. Accordingly, we had gone from the Interislander ferry terminal to Nelson and done a day trip to the Abel Tasman National Park. We decided to use Motueka as our transit stop […]
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After a long gap, continuing the chronological posts of our travels in New Zealand. The previous was about our entry into the South Island of New Zealand by ferry, from Wellington to Picton. The next day was a Saturday, and Nelson has one of the most popular Saturday markets in […]
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From what we had seen of the North Island so far, which itself had been exemplary, we couldn’t wait to lay our eyes on the beauty of the South Island. We had already booked our tickets from Wellington to Picton on the Interislander ferry.
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