20/2 Nelson-Greymouth

We left Nelson at 8 o' clock this morning, our usual time and actually I'm getting used to waking up before 7. After a coffee stop we went to Cape Foulwind where we have seen seals and signs with the direction to London and Paris. So now I realize how far from home I am. 16.000 kilometres. But my planes in 3,5 week will travel this in just 30 hours.

Unfortunately our bus had trouble and some smoke came from the back, so we had to stop. But were fortunate to strand at a nice place at the beach. I finally stood in the Tasman sea and the waves were sometimes a bit higher than I expected, but there was enough sun to dry my pants. The mechanics weren't able to fix the bus, so we had to wait for another bus to pick us up. Although the bus was broken, it served another purpose to give us some shadow. I think we stayed there for 4 hours, but actually we had enough fun in this unexpected stop. The other bus took us to the Pancake rocks of Punakaiki and we have a better view, because it was quiet there and the sun was low, just 20 Dutch people, taking a lot of pictures.

We've arrived really late at Revingtons Hotel in Greymouth. We had dinner there at 10 o'clock in the evening and actually I was too tired to enjoy my salad.

20/2 Nelson-Greymouth