The end of New Zealand

WOW at this point im back in the states... and things have been crazy so I have been slaking so hard! .... I wanted to get the last of my NZ pics out before i start filling you in about the new things going on!

This was the set up pretty much every night ha... car.. tent close by!

From the day i starting looking into the trip to New Zealand I knew that I wanted to make my way up to  Able Tasman National park.. well I made it! I hiked around for most of the day finding cool little spots like this along the way. This spot was bone dry when I started my hike and the water looked like it was a mile away. On my way back to the car the tide had came back in and made the spot look way cooler!

So many amazing beaches ever time you take a turn into a cove it opened up to and amazing beach with no one at it!

Here it s a birds eye view of one of the little private beaches that pop up! 

Land....Water....Islands....Mountains....how can you not love it! 

I found an amazing drive through Queen Charlottes Sounds! I loved this place... amazing view and ..... NO FUCKING SANDFLYS!!!

This is how it should be everywhere! I LOVE CAMPING!

Leaving New Zealand was not easy! I was sad to say bye one of the only things I wont miss is stopping at a gas station and eating one of these damn pies every time! 

I will live in a place like this someday!

Bill From Australia told me about this swimming hole that i had to check out!... I was alone and had a freaking blast here! I LOVE SWIMMING! Thanks Bill!

The last few days I spent it Christchurch my buddy Ben that i met in Queenstown hooked it up hard! gave me a bed to sleep in the first bed I slept in the whole trip... almost 2 months on my Thermarest pad! Which by the last night I slept on it had seen lots of better days! I think its time for a new one!

Ben hooked me up with his roomies cause he had to go out for some school stuff.... they asked if i wanted to go surfing!.... I was sooo stoked! My last night in New Zealand and I got to surf until i couldn't see anymore! Fuck too good! ... I want a quick shout out to everyone who made this trip unreal! I couldn't thank all of you enough! I hope to see you all again soon and hope I can show you just as good of a time in the states!!!

Baby you can drive my car!

Basically for a week straight my thing was wake up, make porridge, apple, banana and jelly for breakfast, clean up my tent and sleeping gear and roll out. Back on the open road...no plan no real destination just driving till i wanted to take a break or pull over every 300 ft when i saw something cool. Sam the main man at the house i stayed at in QT told me i had to get to Hokitika, a small beach town on the west coast. He said they have a drift wood art contest there!

This is the first on i saw walking up to the beach! This place was too cool

I just wondered how long it took some people to make some of these! or just to think of the idea!! 

Everything was made from what they could find on the beach... w/e washed up on shore. The amount of detail was crazy! 

Some more nuggets i come across!

Nuggets 80 degree coast and YES.... thats a snow capped mountain in the back! 

Next stop was the pancake rocks! located in Punakaiki!

The pancake rocks were cool but lots of hand rails that had signs preaching not to go over the rail.... when i found a spot where there was no sign i had to climb out!!

This one of the great meals i had while driving around alone being to lazy to cook amazing meals like Pete did ha. Good ol hot dogs, beans and rice! yummmmmy!

Good bye Queenstown!

After being in Queenstown for a bit now it was time for me to leave! With the money i made working i decided it would be a good idea to rent a car and see the south island this way rather then being on other peoples time hitch hiking. I picked my car up monday and had it for 8 days! Boy did i see alot in those 8 days! Here is where it all started ... no plans at all i headed towards the west coast where everyone said i had to go this whole time..... lots of random pictures of stuff i thought was cool!

Flowers cool rocks in the Tasman Sea!

I would drive for and hour or whatever and see a signs for short hikes and just pull over and see what its all about ...this sign said Blue Pools! It would have been nice to be there when the sun was over head to get the full blue affect oh well!

While driving held up traffic while on a one-way bridge to snap this one of mount cook from a far!

Fish head on a stick!

This beach had sooooo much drift wood! I wish i could have taken some home with me!...So many cool looking pieces of wood

Before i left i did a little bit of research to see a few hikes that i might want to do... Copland was one of them! The trail was filled with pretty high and long suspension bridges like this one! 

The trail pretty much the whole way followed this amazing rushing blue river! when i got to this bridge i was just blown away by the mountains and the water. It was the first time on the hike i got a good view of the mountains. I ended up camping just down on the right of this river...Amazing!

And after a long day of hiking what better way to spend your time relaxing in hot springs.... This is the pool with the best view but there was 4 pools i was hanging out in the deep one!

This was the next morning before anyone else was up!

After 2 good days of hiking i couldn't help myself but to stop and get some ice cream sense Richie and Pete got me Addicted!