The lady at the tourist information center cheerfully told me today that they have been having an unseasonably cold autumn. No shit. I woke up with ice on my tent this morning- not that I lasted the night in the tent. I made it until around 11pm wide awake wearing everything I could fit my arms through before hightailing it to the car. The insulation on Nissan sedans are woefully inadequate. I woke up every two hours and started the car (and the heater) for a few minutes to ward off hypothermia. I also had to make sure I didn't fall back to sleep while the car was running so as not to die of carbon monoxide poisoning. I was staying in a campground at Kaka Point- in my family kaka is slang for crap. Kaka indeed.
Okay I am done being grumpy, but I am still cold. A glutton for punishment, I took a ferry down to Stewart Island, which is this lovely little spot south of the South Island full of pristine forest and marine reserves. I am only 2500km from Antarctica! Madness.
-A.
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