Day 43 : Nelson – “Where are you from!?!” – “Far, far away.”
We backtrack to Nelson and prepare for a day of doing nothing, casually recharging batteries before enduring a mammoth journey south to Fox Glacier, Wanaka and, eventually, Queenstown.
It’s pissing with a ferocity I haven’t seen since Rotorua as we locate the YHA Hostel, drop off our bags as we can’t book in before 2pm, and then brave the rain again in search for coffee and muffins. We find both at an almost hidden cafe on one of the town’s main-streets run by friendly Chinese ladies. A veranda protects us from the bad weather as we sit and eat and talk.