I've just arrived home from a work BBQ and it's 10:51pm. Erin is asleep next to me here and she hasn't done anything with the blog tonight except for pick some new colours. So, here I am blogging by myself, no thanks to my wonderful wife. OK enough of that, back to our trip...
After arriving in Nelson (north part of the south island), we drove to Motueka where we would be staying the night before our 3 day/2 night kayak tour. The four of us were staying at a Top 10 Holiday park in one of the smallest units I've ever seen. (sorry no pictures) The day we arrived entailed preparation for our trip and a good nights sleep.
We woke up early and headed to the Ocean River kayak's to get our 2-3 hour safety briefing which started at 8:30am before heading onto the water. One thing we forgot was that we were on KIWI time, which is sloooowwwww. After a lengthy briefing and a lot of standing around in the sun, we were in the water and kayaking at 1:30pm. After eating some lunch we were in our kayaks and the sky's turned on us and the heaven's opened up with plenty of wind and rain. Luckily after a couple hours of paddling and raining, we arrived at Mosquito Bay which was our first camp site (maximum capacity 40 people). It was a very secluded bay and we were able to set our tents us right next to the beach.
The rain stopped eventually and we cooked up some beef schnitzel and peppers for dinner. This was New Years eve and we celebrated it with beers and rain of course (needless to say we were in bed by 12:15am).
After arriving in Nelson (north part of the south island), we drove to Motueka where we would be staying the night before our 3 day/2 night kayak tour. The four of us were staying at a Top 10 Holiday park in one of the smallest units I've ever seen. (sorry no pictures) The day we arrived entailed preparation for our trip and a good nights sleep.
We woke up early and headed to the Ocean River kayak's to get our 2-3 hour safety briefing which started at 8:30am before heading onto the water. One thing we forgot was that we were on KIWI time, which is sloooowwwww. After a lengthy briefing and a lot of standing around in the sun, we were in the water and kayaking at 1:30pm. After eating some lunch we were in our kayaks and the sky's turned on us and the heaven's opened up with plenty of wind and rain. Luckily after a couple hours of paddling and raining, we arrived at Mosquito Bay which was our first camp site (maximum capacity 40 people). It was a very secluded bay and we were able to set our tents us right next to the beach.
The rain stopped eventually and we cooked up some beef schnitzel and peppers for dinner. This was New Years eve and we celebrated it with beers and rain of course (needless to say we were in bed by 12:15am).The next day was beautiful and we started the morning early with some beers and pastrami sandwiches. Why not breakfast food you ask? Our ice was melting quickly and we figured our meat may not last too long, so the quicker we ate it, the better. We relaxed at the bay, went for a swim and talked with some of the other campers. Tim and Jeremy went for a little hike to see some Waterfalls that one of the campers was raving about, but it wasn't as spectacular as we had hoped.
We then hopped in our kayak's and set off for another couple hours of paddling stopping in a bay along the way, we made it to Te Pukatea Bay which was absolutely stunning. This campsite only had a maximum capacity of 28, so a little smaller than the first night. We relaxed on the beach, played Frisbee, and drank some beers. After going for an hour and 1/2 hike, we decided to cook up our dinner which was dry food which were great after we added some boiling water and let sit for 6-8 minutes. Around 8pm, on the 2nd night we had run through 39 beers, a box win (bladder of wine as Erin called it), and 2 small bottles of bubbles. It may sound like a lot, but what else are you supposed to do when you're hanging out at the beach and kayaking.
On the 3rd and final day I had the bright idea of watching the sun rise, so I asked anyone who was up at that time to wake me up. Around 4:30am I felt a tapping on my shoulder and Erin was telling me to go take some pictures. So up I went to the beach to take some nice shots. After waiting on the beach for 2 and 1/3 hours the sun has rose and I hadn't gotten many good pictures, oh well. We kayaked for a couple of hours, then stopped at a beach where we had lunch and then took our time getting back to the base camp to return our gear.
It was an awesome trip and we had a blast!
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