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Day 104

Day 104

Dec 13 day 104 Arrowtown to Queenstown 8:30-2:30 28 km After a quiet breakfast in Arrowtown (the place is terminally cute) it was a simple stroll over to Queenstown. Made one wrong turn and ended up cutting through a private section without permission. The wealth in this area is palpable– unlike any I’ve been in […]

Day 103

Day 103

Dec 12 day 103 Highland Creek Hut to Arrowtown 7:00-5:30 33 km Today I was a walker and rider in rivers. Got an early start as I knew it would be a long day– how long I did not suspect. The first stretch was physically very difficult, one of the hardest trails I’ve been on […]

Day 102

Day 102

Dec 11 day 102 Wanaka to Highland Creek Hut 8:30-6:00 30 km Really did not want to leave Wanaka– my new favorite town in NZ. Lingered over coffee in the hostel which incidentally was called the YHA Purple Cow hostel. I asked if the name had anything to do with Williams College, but nobody knew. […]