Christchurch to WellingtonKaikouraThe alarm goes at 6:00am and we are on the road by 7:10am to travel from Christchurch to Picton and then by ferry to Wellington. So far it is a cool, overcast day.The departure on Interislander Ferry is at 2:15pm but we must be checked in at the marshalling yard by 1:15pm. The drive from Christchurch to Picton is 4.5 hours if not stopping. We first stop …
Akko/Acco/Acre…oh my!Potential Ferry Boo BooWe sleep well and the plan is to go to take the ferry up the coast to Akko also known as Acco or Acre. We drive to the ferry terminal and traffic is crazy. There are a lot of one way streets so we often have to drive way down one street only to turn around and come back the way we came. Vince is …
We left our Buenos Aires apartment early and headed to the ferry terminal for the 8:15 am ferry to Colonia del Sacremento, Uruguay. Apparently a lot of people also do this as a day trip from BA. The ferry took about two hours. Upon reaching port, we dragged our luggage to our accomodations at Celestino Hostel which was located 2 blocks away from the ferry terminal and an eight …