Te Waipounamu/South Island

Day 1 - Picton to Nelson via Maungatapu

Our plan was to spend a week or so sorting out our lives and our gear and then take a 2am ferry from Wellington, arrive in Picton around 7am and then start the trip off with a 100km ride from Picton to Nelson. After loading up my bike I left

Intro

Julian and I (Peter) met at a Halloween party in Wellington in early November and then by some remarkable coincidence our paths crossed the next day. We ended up hanging out all afternoon and he told me about a bike trip he was planning and invited me to come with