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We came here after our boat trip to the south island.the views from the boat as we were coming through the maze of islands and hills into the port at picton were beautiful.  we stayed at a lovely hostel in the middle of town in nelson for 2 nights. There wasnt much to do in town but the main attraction is the abel tasman national park. they offer you kayaking trips on the national park which we were tempted to do, but thought we'd save our money for somehting else! The only real thing that happened here was that steve found somewhere that sold snus (little bags filled with tabacco that you out up your gums) thats ice hockey players for you!!
Going to the galciers next which shoulkd be amazing. to break up the 10hour bus trip to the glaciers from nelson we stayed at a place called greymouth overnight. we are here now and it is very grey, the weather is bad and the town empty! getting on the bus soon to the beautiful glaciers so we're just looking forward to that! x
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