After driving along the famous Whanganui river road we ferried it over to South Island, hoping for better weather than we'd had for Tongariro as we planned our second classic NZ tramp - the Abel Tasman Way. This would be the first time we would do a three day walk while carrying our food and our camping/sleeping gear. C wanted to know why there weren't any cafe's or pubs to ease the load of carrying our own food, but soon got into the stride. The first day and a half were not what we had hoped for weatherwise, but the scenery and being out in the wilderness were reward enough. The first night we sat around a camp fire with some others to keep warm until it got dark and we retired to our now proven tent to see what the weather would be like the next day:
Even wetter, though it got better as the day went on. It was dry by the time we had to ford a river - though we had to get wet as the river was up to our waists at one stage! We had to take our shoes and socks off, not to mention K's trousers(!) and C carried the rucksacks on his shoulders...
Day three was glorious and made it all worth while, as did the speed boat trip back to base at the end. (Note to Kiwi's: How come none of your walks are circular?)
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