House trip

Last Saturday we went for a hike with our Japanese flat mate in the Rakaia Gorge. We had been walking over there before, but this time we went for a hike along the rim. Beautiful! According to a hiking guide this should have been an easy walk of three hours tops. Well, we were able to do the hike without problems, but it’s not what I’d call easy. Especially when taking the wrong turns ;-) A few parts of the track were pretty steep. A slip of the feet would land you 15 meter (50 feet) further down, if you’d be lucky. Halfway the track we encountered a snapped tree laying on it. We had to climb over the tree to continue the track. Not very easy… Anyway, we survived :-)

We enjoyed magnificent views along the way, and we had lunch in a small meadow with a great view of Mount Hutt. I bet we will return to that meadow one day just to read a book or something. Could you imagine anything more relaxing? After about 5 hours we returned to the car, tired yet refreshed.

By the way, take a good look at Emma’s small hat, because these are the last photos ever to be taken of that hat…