This summer...

...I'll be chillin in sunny Nelson with a couple of other bods...

We'll catch some rays here (although not with those two coz they're coming late... stink)

If we're lucky we'll go here (Pelorus Sound) and do some of this...

Who knows, we might go here

or here (Nelson Lakes)

but prolly not here (qtown)

Hopefully I won't get too annoyed with silly blogging interfaces/html... ahhhhh, and spend more time taking interesting photos rather than trying to think of interesting things to write...

We'll pick some of these, for sure

We prolly won't sleep here again... (luggate)

and hopefully go back here and...

...here (Golden Bay) 

While we're in Golden Bay we should do some of this...

but hopefully not this

Now this would be cool...

but I'll prolly stick to land

Excellent.
Bring on the top of the south: river holes, native bush, sounds, beaches, sun and lots more!

Four weeks in Buenos Aires

I finally got round to putting together a little clip of my BA adventures...

Asuncion to Jujuy 2.0

An updated version of a video I posted a month ago. This was my biggest trip. About  27 hours on 3 buses. I have a bit more detail on the early post somewhere on this blog.

Coffee n Chat

Had a "coffee n chat" at my place last night to tell a few stories about the big trip to SA. Good times were had, of course.

Played some music

Watched some videos of the trip

Ate some food

And told some stories via an interview with the flat mate Nick

Next trip...

I know, I've been back for a whole 2 weeks, surely I can't be heading off again!? Well, not for a bit... but I've started planning March. Possibly a chance to get the hang of hitching in the north island...

Beds, couches, tents, buses, planes...

After moving out of my old room on August 22, I've given a whole new meaning to sleeping around!!

August
Seddon Terrace flat, lounge
Iain's flat, Chch
The Martin's flat, Chch
Graham, Blenheim (got stuck in Blenheim hitching, friend of a friend helped us out!)

Sept
Folks, Nelson
Sister, Nelson
New flat (Greenhaus) lounge
Greenhaus bedroom, no furniture
Ohakune lodge
Greenhaus

Oct
The Langton's, Auckland,
Steve's, Auckland
Overnight flight
Javier's, Buenos Aires
Camp, BA

Nov
Overnight bus
Hostel, Puerto Iguazu
Stouts, Asuncion
Dan and Sarah, Caazapa
Brett and Rachel, Yeagros
The Cameron's, Juty
The Floyd's, San Francisco, PY
Stouts, Asuncion
Overnight bus
Hostel, Jujuy

Dec
Overnight bus
Javier's, BA
Over night plane
Greenhaus (no furniture yet)
Folks, Nelson

Jan
Tent, Lewis Pass
Beach, Kaikoura
Loft in a shed, Pelorus Sound
Folks, Nelson

Hoooooooommmmmmmmmeeeeee, Woop woop!
Stop, no more travel, home, good and proper. Furniture here. Yahoo!

Back

Properly. Really. I'm back in Welly, finally!

The Sounds

I've been in the Marlborough Sounds for 3 days.

Stayed at my Aunty and Uncle's place in Yncyca Bay which is off Pelorus Sound. We slept in a loft, ate amazing food, kayaked, collected mussels, had hot showers thanks to a wood fire, had lights thanks to a solar panel and a hydro generator and were very isolated thanks to the 40 minute boat ride!

The Jetty and the boat that took us and our kayak's out around

the point so we only had to go one way

Amazing water

Despite the isolation, we ate well!

An old 4WD forestry jeep Uncle Ben uses to lug stuff around the property.

It has amazingly low gears, stick it in first and it'll idle up hill!

Back from tripping around

After 3 days hitching and 3 days in the Marlborough Sounds I'm back in Nelson for a few days before I return to Welly.

Hitching pics

A couple of quick pics before I head off again...

Lake Rotoiti in Nelson Lakes National Park

Some random kids jumping on cue

Our sleeping spot on Kaikoura beach

Getting some air on Kaikoura beach

Andre and Malcolm with views over Kaikoura

The Sounds

Next stop (day after getting back from hitch hike):


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Yncyca Bay, Pelorus Sound

Andre and I are heading out with my Aunty and Uncle who have some property and a hut there. It'll be a couple of days of serious chilling! Oh yeah. Although it won't be totally basic, they do have their own little hydro electric scheme!

Hitch hiking the northern South Island

We just did a quick hitch hike. The route we took is below. Managed to get a ride all the way from Kaikoura back to Nelson so we're back for an evening then heading out to the Aunty and Uncle's hut in the Sounds tomorrow morning.  All up it was 3 days 2 nights. Took us 10 rides. One night in a tent, one lying on the beach in Kaikoura.

Photos to come after the Sounds trip.


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I'm a pseudo uncle!

My sister just got brother and sister, pure bred Burmans...