This was the Sea Kayaking day. But, without our swimsuits (in big suit case) and then need to check up on our luggage, we decided not to do the sea kayaking. We did a quick 1.5 power hike into Abel Tasman; it was beautiful and is called one of the "Great Treks" in New Zealand. After finishing up, we got breakfast at the local supermarket (bread, cookies, bananas, apples, and orange juice/soda), and we were off to adventure the other side of Abel Tasman, and visit a Lord of the Rings spot...
We drove up a windy, twisty road (all roads in NZ are windy and twisty) to the top of the ridge and then decided to take a 11Km side trip down a dirt road to the Harwoods Hole and walk thru a forest that was used at the start of the Lord of the Rings movie (Chetwood Forest). The hike was eerie, since the trees were buzzing... I thought the buzzing was from elven magic, Melissa thinks it was bees. The Hole was impressive and we didn't stay long since we had more adventuring to do...
After the Harwoods Hole, we continued to the Golden Bay and Takaka, not much to say about these places since the WHOLE TOWN WAS CLOSED DOWN. It's was a national holiday in NZ, and everyone takes the day off. We got to town and there was no place to eat. So, it was off to the supermarket for food. After having lunch, we headed back to Marahua and we are staying at the Chalet with an awesome view of the sound.
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I warned you about the whole place closing down on holidays. Now picture it like that for 2 weeks (between Christmas and a week after new years), and you get the idea of what we contended with :-).
Daryl
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