Picton, start and end of the south island

Picton is where you take the Ferry that links both Islands. On our way up, we passed through Blenheim and decided to take the curved gravel coastal road to Picton. It would offer nice views and at the end we picked the Tumbstone hostel to spend he night there, and watch the heavy rain while we were playing pool. The hostel was really nice and the staff (owners) really friendly. We played until late at night, since our ferry wouldn't depart until 11:30 am.

In the boat we met a couple of Kiwis from Gisborne, they were pretty nice and we exchanged our impressions and different ways of living in Europe and in here. The work market is not at its best in New Zealand, plenty of people go to Australia to work because the salaries are higher. Both daughters of this couple were working now in Australia. But they said they worked three days a week, and they were happy with it, not getting rich but with enough to live.

Well, 3 hours later we arrived to Wellington! But that will be the next post.

Cheers!

Jm

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