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Routeburn
Back in Glenorchy, I decided that I would do the Routeburn before heading to Auckland. I hitched to Te Anau, spent a night there and then hitched to the trailhead at the Divide in the morning. My lift to the Divide was a guy who’d spent the summer in Antarctica working for the the Kiwi…
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Day 92-96: Nelson
The morning was relaxed and after saying goodbye to Emmet and Hanna, who are continuing on after a rest day and going to Hanmer Springs (rest day) and then Queenstown (get new hiking poles) respectively, I went to meet the shuttle at 11:30. There were two other women hikers on the shuttle, including Anne, who…
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Day 24-25
I slept pretty well despite the traffic noise from the highway and being on a slight slope and feeling like I was rolling off my mat all night. I felt a bit out of sorts somehow though, I couldn’t find my Swiss army knife and then didn’t check that there was still toilet paper when…
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Day 19-20
Day 19: Reotahi Bay to Waipu Cove In the morning, I met Magdalena, Kendall and Erik at the waterfront in Reotahi Bay as we had arranged to get a boat across to Marsden Point together. The boat arrived by tractor and we got on roadside and were pulled out into the water by the tractor.…
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Day 8
I had a bit of an off night, I wasn’t feeling great being sort of in an isolated spot but next to a community. There were also a lot of animal and bird noises in the night, which didn’t help either. In the morning, I realised that I had left my muslei behind and that…
On the Trail with Stella 