I haven’t even finished my last posting… but there is so much stuff to talk or write about. So here is the next one: The Hunts Creek Track. It was a “medium” difficult track. What that means? It is pretty natural, walking in a river bed or some steep parts was difficult. Only a few river crossings, but I wouldn’t want to walk that track during rain. You have to walk/climb over trees and big rocks. At some points the track is invisible and you have to find your own way to the next track-marker. We stayed in the cosy Hunts Creek Hut, four bunks, five people, I won stone, paper scissors :)
I was tramping with a French couple. The adventure started a bit in a rush: 9pm, right after dinner with the tramping fellows from last week. We picked up two hitchhikers on our way out of Christchurch (almost dark). One Kiwi and one Canadian heading to Castle Hill, exactly our direction. Cool, well it was rather packed with five people in the car. And we made it only 35km before we ran out of gas… those gas stations out of Christchurch seem to close after 8 or 9pm…
So we had a pleasant overnight stay in Kirwee… had a little fire going… in between the road and the train tracks. Yes, trains passed us that night… four times, pretty scary.
Oh well, all cool. But I will propose a wish list, it’s Christmas soon^^