Abel Tasman

Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 :: 9:45 pm

We had planned an ambitious 6 hour drive from Nelson to Franz Josef Glacier that day, as we were on a tight schedule to make a loop of New Zealand’s south island in one week. The nice lady host at our B&B had strongly suggested us to visit Abel Tasman National Park as many do, using Nelson as their base.

The hour drive to the southern-most part of Abel Tasman and a short 2 hour walk along the Coast Track was well worth it. The weather was perfect, beach was beautiful and isolated, and the water was blue as can be.

Too bad we didn’t have more time. Next time I’m back, I shall explore the coast on kayak.

Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Abel Tasman Coast Track

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Garibaldi Lake hike

Sunday, August 25th, 2013 :: 11:55 am

Last week a couple of friends and I made last minute plans to head up to Garibaldi Lake. The recommended hike was rated as intermediate with a 820m total elevation gain and an estimate of 5 hours to complete. The drive itself from Vancouver was just under 2 hours.

I haven’t hiked this long since my trip to Peru on the Inca Quarry Trail, so the distance was moderately challenging, minus the altitude factor. It was quite an enjoyable hike, but prepared to spend more time than what they estimate for stopovers and photo ops along the way! We walked the recommended loop through Taylor Meadows, took a small detour midway to Panorama Ridge, then down to the lake and back, taking us a total of around 7.5 hours.

Beautiful lake – the weather was cloudy/foggy, with some short spurts of sunny breaks in between, which was perfect. Glad that the weather turned out much better than the forecasted rain!

Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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4km in, reaching the clouds

Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Grey Jay

Grey Jay

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Starting to see a bit of flowers

Purple Lupin

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Morning Dew

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Morning Dew

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Purple Lupin

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Indian Paintbrush

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Garibaldi Lupin

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Reaching Taylor Meadows – can totally imagine it being filled with flowers

Garibaldi Lake Hike - Taylor Meadows

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Garibaldi Lake Hike Creek

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Garibaldi Lake Hike Creek

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Garibaldi Lake Hike Creek

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Our first glimpse of Garibaldi Lake!

Garibaldi Lake

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Beautiful blues

Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Garibaldi Lake

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Destination acquired – taking a short break on the bridge

Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake

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Look at those amazing colours!

Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake

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Glaciers in the distance

Garibaldi Lake Glaciers

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Garibaldi Lake

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Garibaldi Lake Hike Trail

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Garibaldi Lake

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Curious chipmunks

Chipmunk

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Looking down at The Barrier – gorgeous panorama

Garibaldi Barrier

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Chipmunk

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Garibaldi Barrier

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Garibaldi Lake Hike

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Moon Bathing

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013 :: 12:24 am

Most people sunbathe during their vacation. We moonbathe under the stars.

Now that’s the life.

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Beach Stargazing

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Caribbean Sunrise

Monday, December 17th, 2012 :: 9:32 pm

It was an early morning on my recent vacation to Cancun. I woke up with one eye opened, looking towards the window that was partially covered by a translucent white curtain. I saw beautiful colours forming, and I knew it must be the morning magic hour.

I rubbed my eyes and quickly jumped out of bed and stepped onto the balcony to find amazing colours forming over the ocean, and I knew I had to head to the beach to fully experience it.

There were barely anyone on the beach at 6am – not so surprising at a vacation resort. I walked closer and closer to the ocean with each photo I took and listened in peace as the waves crashed gently onto the beach one after the other.

What a spectacular sunrise.

Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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Caribbean Beach Sunrise

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The Climb

Thursday, November 1st, 2012 :: 11:57 pm

Inca Quarry Trail hike

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Inca Quarry Trail hike

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Inca Quarry Trail hike

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