Abel Tasman National Park!

I woke up at 6.45am as the bus would come around 7.20am. The plan for today was tramping at Abel Tasman National Park which is famous in sea-kayaking, tramping and camping.


The bus drove us from Nelson to Kaiteriteri. It took less than 2 hours to get there. Then, we travelled by boat to Marahau.



First, we saw that little boat (on the left). We thought we had to travel with that boat. I started worrying about the safety! Fortunately, we didn't travel with it. We were transferred to the bigger one (below).



The weather was still cold in the morning, anyhow it was changed to be a nice day later. Perfect!

The ship dropped us at Torrent Bay, then it's gone away! One of the crews was kind enough to say something to us which was "there is no map provided, just walk along the track. You cannot get lost". Thanks, man! (Obviously, he's a cute guy with blue eyes and nice smiles... Ha Ha!!!)

It was exactly like what he said, there was the only way, it's nearly 0% of possibility to get lost! It took me around 4.5 hours to walk back from where we were dropped off to Marahua where we can get the coach back to Nelson.

This place remined me beaches in the south of thailand. Only we have white beaches, while here is golden!!! (White is better, eiei) The sea was so green and clear. It was very very peaceful. Not so many people at all! Only the nature surrounded you!!!!



Most of the time, we walked through the jungle which is up on the mountain. Sometimes I looked back, I realized that I had walk passed many mountains. It's like we walked from one mountain to another along the way. Honestly, it was such a long track, but not tough! The way was flat and easy to walk.

While walking along the track, there were some stops which we could stop for lunch, snack or whatever. There was no shops at all along the track, only toilets provied at some stops. We were told to prepare our own lunch! I couldn't help comparing to Thailand if there was a track like this, it would be full of shops and facilities provided along the way!

Many people were camping there, I did only a day trip. We arrived at Marahau around 4.20pm. We caught the bus, which was already waiting, back to Nelson. Not surprisingly, I had slept all the way back. I was so tired! We got Nelson 6.30pm. I had fish and chips for dinner!

I like Abel Tasman. It is worth to go, that's all I could say!!! If you don't mind walking, why not abel tasman??? :D