Hi folks,
what is it with New Zealand? Does it exist without directions? I dont think so!
Well, I am in the South Island now. In Westland and still the Northern part of the Southisland. Any questions? 
Abel Tasman – I guess you already saw the pictures. It was obviously great. We had great weather and great luck with the weather (it started to rain when we arrived at your car after two days of hiking or tramping as the Kiwis say). The sun was shining, but is was not too hot. The sea was blue, the views amazing and we met nice people. With Wolfgang and other germans (they ARE everywhere like mushrooms) we sleep in the kitchen of our hut so we had it nice and warm. This is a good thing, because it is still spring here and not to warm during night (about 8 degrees). So that was great.
In Nelson we stayed at a couch with Justin and Kimberly and it was again great (have I ever mention that I LOVE CS???). Both are very funny and showed us around. Justin was even so eager to plan our whole Southisland trip with such a motivation, that it was even for me sometimes hard to cope with it 
So, we know where to go and we know what to do. Yeah! This rocks!
Eva, thanks for the tip with the hostel the Old Slaughterhouse! We had unfortunatly only one night there (they said they are booked out, but it turn out (of course the next night) that 2 guys didnt showed up). This hostel is definetly one of the best in New Zealand. You have to climed 10 mins. to get to it and David brings the backpacks with a quad up there. And then you arrive: Look over the sea, nobody there, living room, kitchen books (Hey, Eva – I have a new Jilly cooper book! Thats she, isnt she?)… AMAZING! And nobody was there! I read, watched the sea, did nothing. That is the place to stay for a couple of days. We didnt have the time, but if we… *seufz*. Well, we went there also for a amazing walk along a old railway with old wagons and tunnels – that was fun. I will load up pics…
We had to leave this wonderful place because we booked tickets for the Tranz Alpine Senic Train trip to Christchurch. So we drove to Greymouth and got on the train which leads through the Alps in NZ from west to east coast! We past amazing still snow coverd mountains, high rivers on viadukts, tunnel after tunnel … 
Wow! That was really worth the money. Stupid that I forgot my second battery for my camera… good, that Julia was with me
We surfed again in CHCH with Julia form Taiwan – a nice girl (lady). CHCH is actually a really nice city with the garden and old houses (relativly of course). I am really looking forward to that again. And hopefully we meet Julia again.
We also went to the hospital there… It was a reall emergency… I mean: we are two girls!!!
So today we got back on the train – again luck with the weather and are now in this funny town named something but not Hokaido! Julia bought me a Jade Stone with my money (buying it itself means bad luck) and I really should stop shopping…
Tomorrow… glaciers… down south….
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