Gorging on Hokitika...
Trip Start
Feb 28, 2009
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Trip End
Apr 12, 2009
Where I stayed
Hokitika, South Island, New Zealand
Saturday, March 28, 2009
We opted for the scenic route around a local lake, which turned out to be a gravel road (only wide enough for one car) that went through a forest too thick for us too see much of the lake. Trude did enjoy the driving though, and even Martijn did not seem to mind it too much (probably because Trude drives much slower than Chrissy would on roads like these ;-)).
We did pass a nice waterfall, the Dorothy Falls, somewhere along the way.
Upon arriving at the Hokitika gorge we managed to walk all the way from the parking lot down to the gorge (across the swingbridge and all) before we discovered that we had forgotten to bring the sandfly repellent.
Sandflies, being rather slow, can not keep up with you while you are walking, but they will land on you as soon as you stop. Martijn opted for standing still, and just swatting any sandfly that landed on him (he probably killed at least 20 of them in the 5 minutes we were there and looked like he was doing a Scottish folk dance ;)), while Trude kept walking back and forth to keep them away from her (looking like a woman in need of some valium ;)).
Even if taking pictures while either swatting sandflies or while walking is rather tricky, we did manage to take a few before we fled back to the safety of the car...
We then returned to town to have a look in the greenstone shops and managed to find a nice greenstone pendant for Martijn. Look for it in future pictures (although it might be inside his t-shirt :P).
We also found a small shop selling stones with little kiwi silhouettes painted on them, and we ended up buying one to take home (finally, a souvenir that is for US and isn't soft and fluffy :D).
Comments
Paradijs
Hallo jullie twee,
In zo'n paradijselijke streek als jullie zijn en geweest zijn kun je alleen maar dergelijke prachtige foto's maken, maar je moet het wel ZIEN.
Chapeau !!!
Greenstone
Hallo,vakantiegangers, hoelanger jullie daar zijn hoe mooier de fotos worden. Of wordt de omgeving steeds mooier. het is daar wel paradijselijk.
Primary needs
I quote:
'Women never leave home without their handbag, Americans are told never to leave home without an American Express... We're not leaving our sandfly repellent behind no matter what... Volcano eruption, bush fire or flood... We're getting that little flask back!!!'
So what went wrong .. judging this post I would think the repellant would be a primary need for you guys.... :p
Re: Primary needs
The flask of repellent doesn't fit into Trude's handbag, so we have to remember it more actively :P
Lesson learnt though :D
omgeving
Jullie zijn daar in een mooie omgeving dat er genoeg te zien is van de natuur.Jullie kunnen volop genieten van de bijzondere dingen.