Mette lamnar oss/Mette leaves us :(

Sa akte vi mot Christchurch igen, for att lamna av Mette pa flygplatsen..... snyft!! Vi saknar dig Mette!! Du kan val ocksa ta tjanstledigt, sa kan vi alla fortsatta att lalla runt jordklotet!!!
Hur ska vi klara oss utan dina underbara missforstadda engelska meningar, typ: " Over the fan, what's that?? " eller: " Take a lighter bus??? " (for er som undrar: Over the PHONE och Take a LATER bus) De ar klassiska fraser numera! Tack for det Mette! Det har varit kanon att resa ihop- igen! :) Du ar var alldeles egna lilla backpacker i lyxforpackning.... hihi;) Jobba lugt,ok!

Hanmer Springs

Vi hyrde en privat pool ett tag. Den var inomhus, skont att slippa de kalla nya zeelandska vindarna for en stund....
We took a private pool for a while. Nice to be indoors and get away from the NZ winds for a change!


Har poseras det vilt! hahaha! Sa roligt man kan ha!
A bit exaggerated posing... hahaha! But we had alot of fun!

Varma var de, 41 grader i denna utomhuspool.
This one was 41 degrees.

Abel Tasman

Efter natten i Nelson akte vi till Abel Tasman. Har hyrde vi kajak for en dag. Vi var en grupp pa 8 personer + guide. Det var mulet under hela dagen, men det var ok annars hade det nog blivit valdigt varmt att paddla. Vi hade fika pa en strand, och sedan lunch pa en annan. Valdigt vackert, molnen till trots.

After that night in Nelson, we went to Abel Tasman. We hired kayaks for a day. We were 8 + guide. It was a cloudy day, maybe for the better. It was very beautiful, even without the sun. We had a coffee and cookies at one beach, and lunch at another.

Dettar var varan guide, Steve. Han badade och fangade musslor (och en och annan blick kanske...) som vi kokade och at!

This vas our guide, Steve. He went for a swim and caught mussels (and also quite a few eyes....) that we boiled and ate!

Viss ar vi snygga i varan outfit!
Nar vi kom fram till "var" strand, dar vi skulle campa for natten, hade det borjat regna. Vi fick vara vaskor, campingutrustning som vi hyrt + vara sovsackar forslade till stranden med hjalp av taxibat.Nar de kom var de dyngsura! Sa dar stod vi med fuktiga klader i vaskan och vata sovsackar! hahaha! De fixade nya sovsackar at oss men kladerna...., ja det kunde man ju inte gora nat at.... Vi satte upp taltet, lagade pasta i vart campingkok och krop till sangs. Dagen efter skulle vi vandra i 6 timmar, sa vi ville fa lite somn. Vi holl alla tummar vi hade, att det INTE skulle regna nasta dag.....

When we came to "our" beach, where we were going to camp for the night, the rain had started to fall. So when our bags, that got transported by taxi boat, arrived, they were soaking wet! There we where, with humid clothes and wet sleeping bags.... They got us new sleeping bags, but our clothes.... well, nothing we could do. So, we put up the tent, cooked some pasta and went to bed. We had a big day the next day, 6 hours of walking. And we prayed it wouldn't rain.....

Jo da, som ni ser sa regnade det! Och det var inte lite heller!! Det fullstandigt vrakte ner!!! (efterat fick vi reda pa att det var en cyklon!!) Efter bara 30 minuters gaende sa kunde man vrida ur vartenda kladesplagg pa flera liter vatten, det kan jag lova! INGET var torrt! Vi har inga kort fran vandringen, for da skulle kamerorna gatt sonder. Jag hade ryggsacken under min vattentata/vindtata jacka (som inte ar sa vattentat upptackte jag.....). Vattnet gick igenom allt!!! Ryggsacken kunde man ocksa vrida ur. Kameran klarade sig tack vare en plastpase! Efter 3 timmars knatande, sa motte vi nagra andra som stannat till och vantade pa en bat. Den var full, men de sa till oss att det lag en storre bat, typ fiske/turistbat lite langre ut. De kom och hamtade oss med gummibat och vi kom ombord!!! Tack for det televerket! De "raddade" sedan manga andra langs med kustremsan. Nar vi akte hemat var vagorna enorma! Det var gratis Liseberg liksom! Men tillbaka kom vi, fick oss en varm dusch och sa bar det ivag mot ett vandrarhem och tvatteri.....

OOO YES, it rained all right!!!! ALOT!!! We were later told it was a cyclone! After only 30 minutes of walking, every single clothing on us were soaking wet! The water went through EVERYTHING!!! My camera got saved thanks to a plastic bag inside my backpack. The backpack was also soaking, all the way through! We don't have any photos from the walk... After 3 hours of walking, we found some other half dead people..... They where waiting for a boat. That one was full, but they told us that a bigger, type fishing/tourist boat, was lying further out. They picked us up by a smaller boat and took us to the big one. We were saved! They "saved" many more along the shore. When we later went back home the waves were huge!! It was like a rollercoaster!!!! When we touched land, we got a hot shower and then we drove to get a bed for the night, and of course, a laundry place.....