Greymouth and Buller Gorge

We sadly left Nelson and headed for Greymouth. On our way we checked out the pancake rocks they are flat rocks built on top of one another hence like pancakes without the maple syrup and the scenary of the west coast was amazing even though it was raining and cold! We checked into Global Vilage backpackers in Greymouth absolutely fantastic. Aboriginal art throughout very cool and our room was superb we had a four bed room with loads of cool wooden statues of new zealand art. Didn't really get to do much in Greymouth as we were only staying one night and then we were off the the glaciers.
Accompanying us on our road trip was an irish guy called declan who we met in Nelson and in exchange for a lift we got petrol money so not too bad and he was a good laugh especially the singing in the back of the car out loud!
One of the best things about the hostel was the free fresh hot chocolate home made muffins given to us and when we woke in the morning there was free home made jams and marmalades bless em!!
After leaving Greymouth we headed for a quick stop at Buller Gorge where we were going to walk across a very high swingbridge and then fly back over it. Lee was not too keen his face was a picture on the bridge but he overcome his fears and achieved. Coming back across it was me who was scared as we decided to fly across the bridge superman style (see photo) but i managed to do it after several attempts and was very proud of myself!

Sonya x