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So I started my day getting lost in Westport trying to find the beach....finally found road out to the lighthouse and pulled over where some people were doing that netting thing again. I got out and ended up having my morning coffee with a lady who's husband was fishing....they were netting whitebait....kind of like minnows.....had a great chat and was on my way. Today's drive was inland...more mountains.....switchbacks ....one way bridges....one way roads on the edge of cliffs!!! I took it easy.....not a road to be in a hurry on. I found a cool suspension bridge to go over and then a wee hike around....the forrest is so thick it was so dark!! About 60km from Nelson I had the choice of the long way around.....to the left....or go straight and be there in 45 mins! I went left.....wow....wow...wow.....I drove along then Karuhangai National Park...so beautiful and the while hills and fields of cattle and sheep.....it looked like what I imagined New Zealand to look like.....popped me out on the ocean at a place called Motueka a nice little town.....I tootled around there for a bit then on my way to Nelson. I had mentioned to my sister in law that I was going this way and she told me a friend of my brothers...we were all roomies back in the day for a period of time....lived there....so thanks to the good ole Internet I found myself on the doorstep of his business office.....I walked in and gave Euan a huge surprise.....we had a great little visit and next thing you know I am off to his house for dinner and slept in my campa in his carport! For those of you who went to Johns wedding you would of met him as he was in his wedding party.....I met his wife Wendy and his amazing children....such sweethearts.......we had a great visit! Another amazing day....tomorrow I leave the South Island and head to the North Island via ferry! Hopefully this ferry doesn't drop it's propeller in the ocean like the other one did the other day!!
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