My 2014 Adventure: Travels to Singapore, Australia & New Zealand: Wellington (Part II) & Picton

On our last morning in Wellington, Mariel and I decided to climb yet another hill to look out over the city. The first picture below is the city street we climbed just to get to the entrance of the Mt Victoria summit walkway. Although the weather was overcast, the view of the city was very clear. Wellington has a green zone around it that was set aside when the city was first founded. Although the green zone is down in size by about one-third, it still gives citizens million dollar views of nature. In the afternoon I parted ways with Mariel and took the Cook Strait Ferry to the south island and landed in Picton. The sun had come out by then and it was an enjoyable ride across the water. It didn't really feel like you were in the ocean because we went by land all the time. I especially loved seeing the adorable houses that we passed, each with their own little beach and accessible by boat only. Picton was a very cute seaside town, and I only stayed there one night to catch the bus to Nelson the next day.

I am very sad that my time traveling with Mariel has come to an end, but I hope that we can meet up after my harvest job to travel the rest of New Zealand!