On the fifth day of our middle earth exploration tour we went to the Abel Tasman National Park to do some serious kayaking in the Tasmanian Sea on the north-east side of the south island. After quite a long health and safety instruction in the morning we packed all our belongings into the kayaks, wrapped the life jackets around around the waist and took off for a couple of hours to explore the coast from a different point of view.
Even thought the sun was shining it was pretty windy that day and from time to time it was a bit of a struggle to make our way through the waves...
...but the scenery surrounding us was absolutely worth it, as you can see here - Kitty and Adam were really happy, showing the "it's all good" sign with there paddles above the head.
One of the many amazingly pretty lagoons that can only be reached when the tide is low was our first stop for a delicious lunch break.
More lagoons....
Once in a while the sun decided to take a little break and leave us with some serious looking clouds and quite a fresh breeze...
...but luckily the rain waited till we reached our camping spot (that can only be reached either by walking there or taking a boat) and amazed us during dinner with this beautiful scene:
And then you find yourself at an almost deserted beach, knowing that there are no cars, no cellphones and no internet for many miles around you and all you can do is sit there and enjoy the silence and untouched nature. Horrible...
...especially when the moon comes out to put everything in an almost unreal yellow-blue light.
I think that night we didn't only sleep really good because of all the hard workout during the day but also because by that time we completely let loose from all the civilization-needs that you get so attached to in the big city. It was wonderful.
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