Crossing the Cook Strait

After a pretty bad night in shitty beds we had a quick breakfast before catching our shuttle bus to the station. From there we were driven to the harbour where the ferry would take us to Picton on the South Island. The ferry took about 3 hours, we had some comfortable chairs, free sometimes available WiFi and nice views over the Malborough Sounds. Arriving in Picton we picked up our checked in bags and entered the bus to Nelson. The bus ride was cool, it was quickly noticeable that the nature on the South Island is a bit wilder. We checked in at our hostel and immediately walked to the Nelson i-Site for information about the Abel Tasman Coastal Walk. We wanted to combine a multi-day hike with a day of kayaking. It wasn't exactly possible how we imagined and got extra difficult through having to find a good combination of available campings and good weather. Loaded with a kilo of information flyers we walked back to the hostel. We liked it as it wasn't too big and got recently renovated. We made dinner in the very nice kitchen and then researched how we wanted to do the trip. We booked the needed campings along the trail and went to bed.Read more