Kayaking! We hired out a kayak and set out for a local waterfall. Crazy thing- the woman working at the kayak hire is from Eau Claire! Small world.
Then we set out and somehow missed the crazy large opening to the river/falls off to the left that we intended to take and took the awkwardly shallow alternate route that ended with us grounded with several fallen trees in the way. Looking back, our first clue that this was the wrong way should probably have been the stretch of creek littered with abandoned car parts and tires... Oh well, it was pretty anyway (not the car graveyard- the creek leading up to it).
Anyway, we turned back and found the proper way- the falls were pretty, though small. Then we landed on this beach for some lunch and this dude yelled at us for sitting on the grass- the only angry kiwi in the country. That night we headed out to Russell, which is a little resort town across the bay. It really is a sweet little town. Apparently it used to be the “hell hole of the Pacific,” full of bars and brothels and drunken sailors, but it’s been revamped as a big holiday town since. I mean, the police station has lace curtains for christ's sake.
We had our Valentine’s day dinner at a place called Kamakura- I ordered the pork belly and no joke, it came out with the pig’s hair still attached. **shudder** I’ve eaten some crazy shit in my life, but I draw the line at hairy pig skin. Not happening.
See it?? gross
After dinner we hit up the Duke of Marlborough, the oldest pub in NZ. It was really cool. And the first bar where I’ve found craft beer- yay Duke!
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