Where were we? After the whale watch in Kaikoura, we drove down to Dunedin. Along the way, we stopped in Katiki to admire its beautiful bay and walk out to see some New Zealand fur seals on the peninsula. We did not know that they would go up into...
South Island, NZ
Whale Way
Yesterday, we drove to Kaikoura. Just when we thought we’d seen everything the landscape could show us, we ran into these brown hills. We also rode past coast that was brilliant ice blue due to rocks just underneath the water near the shore. Then in Kaikoura, we saw a...
Marlborough Country
Well the rain ended in Paroa and we drove up the coast , stopping for pancakes at Pancake Rocks in a town that sounds like pancake: Punakaiki. I had heard or thought they would be round stones stacked atop each other, but they were layers of rock crumbling so...
Plan C
Fortunately, we had the opportunity to plan a trip in New Zealand including going from Queenstown to Haast on the west coast’s only road (6) and stopping the next night at Franz Josef Glacier north of Haast. Unfortunately, the road west from Queenstown to Haast was closed the day...
Remarkables
The Remarkables are a nearby mountain range, and everything we’ve seen so far has been remarkable. We thought the North Island was extraordinarily beautiful but the South Island even more stunning from our first view from the airport. But I will let the views make their own remarks. This...
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