Arrowtown & The Chinese Settlement

I woke up this morning feeling like I was ready to go home. Not that I'm done, but that I've had my fill of travel and adventure. I feel satiated.

Arrowtown is the small town where gold was first found at the Arrowtown River. 1860s people came from all over, but mostly Austrailia and China to mine gold. There was a settlement of Chinese here on the river and their little settlement and huts remain.

I walked the river first, and wound myself around to the Chinese Settlement. I bought a half a kg of cherries for $10 NZD, and munched on cherries, spitting the seeds as I walked through the Chinese Settlement.

Then I walked around town to the post office and multiple shops.Read more