It was raining when I got up at 7 this morning, but thankfully not too heavily. I had a nice walk along the beach with two other Kiwi Experience passengers to meet up with our kayaking guide, Richard. He's from the Phillipines but was full of interesting stories about the area and Maori legends. We were in double kayaks and thankfully the water was pretty calm so we had a great trip around the bay, towards the Abel Tasman National Park, with our target being the...

We left The Lazy Shag at 9am this morning to head northwards up to Picton via Blenheim, where most people got off the bus to catch the ferry to Wellington and just under 50 people coming off the ferry joined our bus. Everyone seems to be of a similar age to me or a bit younger if they are having a gap year after finishing school. The majority are English although there are a few from Denmark and Switzerland. We also changed drivers at Picton - we now have a wom...