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After getting off the feryy in Picton we drove through the Marlborough vinyards and stopped off for some wine tasting where i bought 2 bottles!! we carried on driving to our destination of abel tasmin national parkfamous for its golden beaches and fresh muscles. In abel tasmin i did a short hike along the coastal path which was really beautiful and chilled out in the sun.
We then headed south through the buller gorge to punakaiki on the west coast of south island where we saw a seal colony and the pancake rocks and blow holes. we stayed at the rainforsest retreat, a cosy cottage in the rainforest which was really cute.
The following day after a relaxing morning we drove to Franz Josef glacier. which according to Maroi legend was carved out by the frozen tears of a maiden called Hinehukatere who cried for the one she loved and lost whilst they were climbing up the mountin. the legend says beacuse she was at such altitude her tears of greif carved out the glacier. Fox glacier is 20 km from franz josef and this is where i did my first evere sky dive which was AMAZING. it was 13,000 foot over fox glacier. the mountins, rainforest and the ocean where the sun was setting! INCREDIBLE!!
After a relaxing day by the fire watching the all blacks game we drive to Wanaka. We stopped off at lake Matheson before traveling along Haast passage through the southern alps. the pass reaches 564 meters at its highest poing and it cuts through the rugged mountin devided of the alps.
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