Takaka

Takaka is the name of the town that I'm hanging out @ the present time.

It is a very quirky place, and in ways one of my favourite spots in NZ so far. I made my way over here in the afternoon from Nelson yesterday. I met a heap of random people on the way and ended up staying with these girls that I met outside of the town. It's a really small unadvertised rock climbing retreat place. It was like 12$ a night, and everyone is extremely friendly. I had to leave today though, because there was a school that was going there. Everyone (including myself) found this very strange. It's not really a good place kids.

Anyways the owner gave me a lift into town and I booked into Barefoot backpackers on the main street. There is one main street here and it's really granola and hippy like. Everywhere you look there are comfy pants, notice boards full of new age seminars, along with beautiful greenery. I'm pretty much the only person @ the hostel so I've just been hanging out with the staff real cushy-like. I really like this town though...I'm hopefully going to this pub afterwards where you can take a path full of glow worms. It's meant to be quite an amazing site. The river is nice here too, full of perfect round rocks that don't cut your feet, equiped with a killer playground on the way. I must leave tomorrow though to catch my light to Aukland though... I think the North Island would have to work quite hard to win me over though. I can't wait to get back here in the south and work...

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Chrissy