A rainy welcome to the South Island

I finally arrived in Picton after a very rocky ferry journey from Wellington yesterday at one am. The ferry was good. I was very pleased as I just managed not to vomit everywhere. I was also very confused when we were offered ice cubes for sea sickness. Random but the distraction seemed to do the trick.

After sleeping in the car for a few hours I drove the very windy road to Nelson. I had a bit of a wander round and found Jana, Joe, and Charlie who had gone over a few days before me.

Later that afternoon we drove towards Tanaka. We got pretty close. But ended up getting turned around due to meter deep flooding on the road ahead. So we turned tail and drove back to Motueka.

Today we decided on a two day Abel Tasman kayak trip for the next few days. Joe Charlie and I went to the split apple rock and then walked a few hours along the track, which was beautiful. The best bit was giving charlie a great Shag, Marry or Cruise question. She was given three guys with the theme of 90's Saturday night telly and had to pick one to marry, one for a night of passion and one to cruise with on a small ship for a year. Dale Winton, Jim Davidson, Noel Edmonds.

All that matters is that Charlie ended up sleeping with Jim Davidson who entered the bedroom singing "I'm gunna be snookering you, snookering you tonight." While john Virgo would stand in the corner and wait for his chance to make a trick shot.