the Heaphy Track

Hello from Karamea, where I am drinking a beer and sitting at an Internet kiosk in The Last Resort, which is a nice and not-too-expensive lodge complex, pretty near at the north end of the road on the west side of the South Island. (That should help you find it on Google Earth!)

So, when we left Motueka (rather abruptly, if you read the last entry, because I was running out of time on the net and had spent all my coins, so as not to carry any extra weight on the trail) we caught the bus to the start of the Heaphy Track, some distance west of Collingwood and a couple of hours from Motueka. ( Read more... )

This has been my favorite hike of all so far, I think. Just the variety of different forest, scenery, rocks, cliffs, caves, and so on. As well as the fewer people, and we got rid of some stuff in Nelson and actually bought instant backpacking food, so as to carry lighter loads - much more comfy than last time. I hope the photos came out!

ETA: Pictures!