The day before the third stage of our tour we had a wonderful rest day in Hokitika. We visited the coast side and the little town, saw a lot of gulls and dead wood at the beach. We also had a nice lunch in a restaurant with lots of vegan options including gluten-free stuff. In the evening we cooked a…
After a relaxing night we saw the results of the sandflies visits in the morning during breakfast - itching all over the skin. But it was not too bad and of course the West Coast Wilderness Trail was waiting for us. So we had an early start from Kumara. After some forest parts we cycled around the Kapitea Reservoir and…
Before we started our tour we had to transfer our Natural High rental bikes from Christchurch to Greymouth. Actually meaning at first we had to get used to left-hand traffic and also to the narrow streets. Even if we had some nice views during our ride over to the West Coast, we were glad when we arrived safely and started…