Hokitika Travel Blogs - Page 2

One of my best trips ever, where I met a lot of fun people and made lots of good friends!! And no, not all Germans are anxious to put their towels on the sunbeds first thing in the morning! More Text will follow.... I am not a big writer.....

So sparsely settled you’d think you were in the Australian outback, except green instead of brown and red. Tiny villages, rain forests--right now the whole country’s a rain forest!--glaciers, the Southern Alps at your back as you‘re looking at the brilliant, tumbling, almost breathing--a…

I went to go visit the Kiwis in a country where sheep outnumber people at a ratio of 12:1 at least!!

We arrived at Hokitika with some great expectations - although it wasn't quite what we were expecting!!  Nonetheless, we had a nice stay in a really pleasant hostel and did get to see some a glow-worm grotto! Hokitika is well known  for its jade in New Zealand, although it was a bit of a…

From Christchurch. Via Arthur's Pass - through Springfield having a Simpson's moment at the huge donut. Onton Lake Brunner at Moana. Up to Stillwater, through Greymouth, out to Shantytown and finally to Hokitika for the night.