I woke up nice and early to the sound of – yep, rain. This time it was knocking incessantly on the tin roof as if to tell me to hurry up and move on to the next town. I told the rain “Alright, alright – I’m outta here!” to which the wind howled in relief […]
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Lake Matheson, Franz Josef Glacier, Fox Glacier (South Island, NZ)
The weather wasn’t looking good for us today. Checking the forecast, it showed that it would rain in the afternoon so we headed off to our first hike to Franz Josef Glacier in the wee morning. We first hiked through lush rainforest but that soon opened up to a moon-like crater of rocks. As we […]
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We started off nice and early by driving out to Hokitika Gorge, about 40 minutes away from the town centre. From there we started our little bush walk. Actually, it was a lovely walk as I hadn’t seen rainforest in New Zealand yet. Within hardly 4 minutes we caught sight of the beautiful torquoise gorge. […]
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After losing my best buddy, I needed a weekend away. I guess I haven’t written a post about it as I’ve been struggling with coming to terms that Bun Bun isn’t around anymore. I noticed a nasty abscess on her chest that was bleeding over the weekend. As vets weren’t open I waited until Monday […]
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