Anyway, the day started early; I might even say before bright. While I've been waking up around 6 lately anyway, today I had little time to dally. We did some finishing touches on packing our bags and checked out. We headed south by bus out of Nelson, and getting on the road went smoothly.
The bus driver talked sooooo much. I was losing my voice just listening to him and it actually became difficult to figure out what was important and what was repetition. He also kept the air conditioning way to cold. But complaints aside... we did stop in a bunch of places along the way to stretch the legs. The only one of note was the town of Punakaiki. Here I took a 20 minute loop of a walk, but rushed through it since we were leaving again in 20 mind. The loop took me to some great views of "pancake rocks". While I didn't get much explanation on how they formed, they appear to be hundreds of thin layers upon layers. Whatever their cause, also made for a very steep, rocky and jagged coastline. There were also "blowholes" along the walk. Sadly there were no good views of these, as they were holes in the ground canceled by nearby brush... but what made them cool was that I could hear wind whipping through them and on occasion they uttered loud blasts.
Back on the bus we continued onward, and in an hour or so were seeing more new and spectacular views... though I choose not to say of what. The evening was also pretty simple. We checked into our new lodgings without any trouble and took a quick walk around the small town. We bought some groceries and made ourselves some dinner. That was all... if all goes well better details and more excitement should follow tomorrow!
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