Day 1
2 rides - 1st waited 15 mins, middle aged local lady took us from Hope (Nelson) to Tapawera. 2nd ride was a german backpacker been working in Mot. Took us all the way to Hokitika with stops at waterhole, lookout and punkaiki (pancake rocks).
Camped on the beach.
Camped on the beach.
Day 2
1 ride - Waited 1 hour, got picked up by a local lad from Greymouth heading to Wanaka for new years. Got us very quickly down the line to Wanaka! 2 days, 730kms! Found a quiet spot in a public walkway (in a well to do area of town) but the neighbour said there was no camping allowed... so they let us stay in their basement! :) warm beds, hot showers and toast. oh yeah.
Day 3
2 rides - 1st ride local hippie picks us up in 5 mins and drops us at the main interesection down the road. 2nd ride, couple of loose unit young rural blokes pick us up, drop us 10mins down the road, in Luggate... middle of nowhere.
We wait 4 hours, nothin (apart from some young boy racers without seat belts in a dodgy van (they got rejected by us)). It rains, we get wet. We give up and go to the bar. Drink. Watch cricket. Andre scouts out a site for the night. Farmer lends us his hay barn. New years eve. Haha. A dry and breezy night. My bag smells like hay...
1 ride - Waited 1 hour, got picked up by a local lad from Greymouth heading to Wanaka for new years. Got us very quickly down the line to Wanaka! 2 days, 730kms! Found a quiet spot in a public walkway (in a well to do area of town) but the neighbour said there was no camping allowed... so they let us stay in their basement! :) warm beds, hot showers and toast. oh yeah.
Day 3
2 rides - 1st ride local hippie picks us up in 5 mins and drops us at the main interesection down the road. 2nd ride, couple of loose unit young rural blokes pick us up, drop us 10mins down the road, in Luggate... middle of nowhere.
We wait 4 hours, nothin (apart from some young boy racers without seat belts in a dodgy van (they got rejected by us)). It rains, we get wet. We give up and go to the bar. Drink. Watch cricket. Andre scouts out a site for the night. Farmer lends us his hay barn. New years eve. Haha. A dry and breezy night. My bag smells like hay...
Day 4
Thank farmer, he offers cooked breakfast... we have our arm twisted, very easily. Chat to the locals crowded into a flash homestead. Bacon, eggs, coffee. We chat, then thanks all round and off we go. 40 mins later one of the lads from the homestead picks us up. Nice ute. 20min drive to Cromwell.
5 mins later 2 girls pick us up. Its the bride for the wedding on Saturday that Andre is going to! (I met them in March after I had stayed with her sisters boyfriend in Dunedin! Small world) And her sister in the car has just been tramping with my friends from Welly/Palmy. We have picnic lunch with the couples friends on the shore of lake Hawea. Good times.
They drop us at a gas station. 4 mins later a young norwegian girl picks us up and takes us down the road to qtown.
And here we are.
A few photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mdshearer/HitchHiking?authkey=v2kr6Fsu9I4#
Thank farmer, he offers cooked breakfast... we have our arm twisted, very easily. Chat to the locals crowded into a flash homestead. Bacon, eggs, coffee. We chat, then thanks all round and off we go. 40 mins later one of the lads from the homestead picks us up. Nice ute. 20min drive to Cromwell.
5 mins later 2 girls pick us up. Its the bride for the wedding on Saturday that Andre is going to! (I met them in March after I had stayed with her sisters boyfriend in Dunedin! Small world) And her sister in the car has just been tramping with my friends from Welly/Palmy. We have picnic lunch with the couples friends on the shore of lake Hawea. Good times.
They drop us at a gas station. 4 mins later a young norwegian girl picks us up and takes us down the road to qtown.
And here we are.
A few photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.co
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