Down south

Now for some South Island pics, if you can stand the excitement. We took the ferry to Picton, then drove two hours to Nelson. It's a very cute, very hilly little town. I've heard it likened to Napa, what with the sun and all the vineyards.

Here's a before and after of my pendant and the the bone that it came from. It's a "beef bone," which sounded kind of gross to me, but the guy cleans off all the goop beforehand. The shiny bit on the pendant is a piece of pauha shell, which is very big here.



Here's V looking very industrious:

Mmmm, wine...

Hmm, well that's about it for Nelson, even though we spend 2 1/2 days there. We went for a long drive and had takeaway Thai food one night, which didn't seems very photo worthy. And there was the World of Wearable Art museum, which was amazing (yes, I fell asleep during the film segment- I can't help it), but we weren't allowed to take photos in there. The town got surprisingly quiet in the evenings, despite the many backpackers and local kids running around all day.

Next up is Dunedin, the hilly version of Edinburgh.