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That Wanaka Tree and the fall colours in New Zealand

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

Franz Josef glacier and hitting the west coast of New Zealand

“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

Exploring Golden Bay and our hitchhiking debut in New Zealand

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

Motueka and the pleasures of a small town in New Zealand

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

Surprises and adventures at Nelson – the start of our South Island travel in New Zealand

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 – our first ferry in New Zealand

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.