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| Our ship at Picton. |
We took a cruise and hike on Charlotte Sound. |
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| Cormorants--we see them anytime we travel near water so they must live pretty much everywhere in the world. |
After days on the ship and in tour buses we were ready to stretch our legs with a nice hike. |
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| It was a little steep but we were rewarded by some fine bay views. |
The vegetation was very thick and tropical. |
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| It is called Mistletoe Bay probably because of this lone "Christmas Tree" on an island in the bay. |
A playful otter. |
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| As you can guess, Picton was a big shopping town. We couldn't leave Chuck off here because the ship was going on to Wellington that afternoon. |
Pop-up village in Wellington. How it stayed standing we don't know. We have never been in a windier city! |
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| The Maori Museum in Wellington. |
A waka - Maori ship. |
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| Greenstone pendant. |
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