Off to the South Island- NZ Part 4

~ Merry Christmas ~ Frohe Weihnachten ~.

The Valley we thought was cut of of the Lord of the Rings, yet it turned out to be a fake.

When the Hostel is right by the ocean, the room with an Ocean View and has electrical blankets, you just gonna play a little on the beach.

The Sunset right from the room, I only looked out side by accident. But I still believe it was worth it.

Skipping the cities, Wellington was one we didn't spend any time in, the only view I got was this from the Interislander, the ferry connecting the North and South Island.

Apparently the Wellington Harbor is big enough for Cruiseships, I guess only I would notice.

This Lighthouse is one of the first in New Zealand and was very important back in the day, it is the start of the Marlborough Sounds, a Region of the South Island.

Driving of the Ferry we where thrown into Wine Country, it felt like you automatically saw some wealth and a lot of Wine Estates. if you like New Zealand Wine it is a pretty good chance it's coming from this Region.

Even the green changed, it became s little more saturated, s little darker than it was on the North Island..

At the meeting point, we where told to get into the Boat, and then off it went getting pulled by a tractor on DRY land to the water.

We reached the water, now this is where a Water Taxi is suppose to travel.

One more time, now going at full speed. That was fun.

This is the split Rock, and yes they used it in the Lord of the Rings Movies, but manually edited the Landscape it was in. oh the technology of today.

Seals, can you see them? I mean who has to go out and go on an expensive tour when you can just see them in the wild? There was even a baby, that also looks huge.

The 14km walk started, after getting of the Taxi and trekking up a small hill we come out and saw this view.

And because we are talking about Caribbean, we started walking through some Rainforest.

However it would be complete boring if there wouldn't be anything cool to see, we where rewarded with these amazing views.

The water is always around another corner popping out, look at that color.

Somehow I felt that this walk was enchanted, the forest would just repeat itself, always looking again like this. I wonder if any Faerie's live here.

This makes we just want to dive in and go for a Swim, and even though it was a warm day, I still think it would be a bit cold.

Now if I didn't know any better I would say that this is in the Caribbean, what do you say?

And to prove that I have been there, yes this sign was at the end of the Track.