Rain, rain, go away...

4 Apr

Left Christchurch early in the morning and arrived in Greymouth in the afternoon. It rained all the way from Christchurch, over Arthur's Pass and in Greymouth. The outlook for next few days: rain and more rain. Welcome to West Coast!

There's a bus to Nelson leaving in 20 minutes so decide to change my plans radically and go there. Plan to bike to Farewell Spit (the northernmost end of the South Island) via Abel Tasman NP and then work my way to Picton and catch a ferry to the north. Yeah, sounds good!

Spend all day on bus to arrive in Nelson after dark. No idea where to stay but luckily there's a couple of "people hunters" from backpackers so I just randomly pick one of them (because it's only 2 minutes away? or was he the most assertive? not sure myself) not aware that this serendipity will turn into one of the craziest times in my life... (to be cont.)