This weekend I headed out with Stefan, my flatmate and two good friends, Angie and Dave. We rented a car for super cheap with unlimited kilometers and drove off over 100km to the southermost point of the north island to hike and enjoy the country. Good hiking, a sweet lighthouse, a seal colony and some locations where Lord of the Rings were filmed. Pretty amazing views along the drive, with tons of super green hills, sheep and cows everywhere and mountains around us. It should've been a quicker drive, but due to water and mountains, we had to go around to get to where we wanted to go.
The Wairarapa is full of vineyards, hills and small quaint towns. We hit up a couple downs as well as the surrounding area for the hikes. Got in a specialty chocolate shop, with over 50 types of chocolate bars from basil chocolate, to limechili chocoloate to sesame chocolate. Pretty damn good. The vineyards in the city of Martinborough where we camped were especially good. Well-known around NZ and the world, it was fun to try a wide variety of wines, with the Pinot Noir being the best and most famous of the region.
Here are the pics: http://picasaweb.google.com/JustusPB/WairarapaHikingAndWineTasting#
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