abel tasman is a huge national park on the south island that's on the north-west side.

it's basically just a long strip of beach and trees and some little islands offshore

while there we stayed in little kaiteriteri which is the southern most part of the park

hermit crabs!

this cat was viciously lured into our little apartment hotel room

and by lured, i mean he strolled in the door and went and sat in front of the fridge and waited till i gave him some milk

these kiwis, they very often put cream in your fridge for your morning coffee. so it's this mini fridge, entirely empty and the

on our second day at abel tasman, we took a boat taxi up north along the shore to tonga bay which is where the seal colony reser

this is the tonga island where the seals live. i think. it might be some other island.