First up was the beautiful milky turquoise waters of Hokitika Gorge. The water is just so unbelievably blue!
The Pancake Rocks looked like lots of little pancake stacks coming out of the water, with some really cool "mermaid hair" seaweed at the bottom of each stack that looked like long hair being swept around in the waves. The blowholes weren't blowing since the tide wasn't up high enough.
We had lunch in Westport at Donaldo's by the beach. Andrew tried whitebait for the first time, which came in a little patty but you could see the little eyes so I didn't try any even though Andrew said they didn't taste fishy at all.
The drive on the west coast was absolutely stunning. It was a tropical paradise forrest on one side, the beach on the other, and snow capped mountains in the distance. I've never seen anything like it. The drive inland to Nelson slowly saw the landscape change into country side with palm trees interchanged with lambs and cows.
Tomorrow we're heading to Picton to catch the ferry to Wellington. I'm really excited! I'm interested to see if I get sea sick for the first time.
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