The drive up to Punakaiki was one passing a couple of towns. The first stop was at Hokitika, a town consisting of mostly crafts shops at which of course you can buy Pounamu (New Zealand greenstone). Spending my lunch break there was really nice but it was not necessarily a town to spend a lot of time.
One thing I did purchase was a iphone radio transmitter. In New Zealand radio coverage is not guaranteed everywhere to be honest there are really long stretches at which you cannot receive any radio station at all. Now initially I bought some (2) CD's however after having listened to them a dozen times that became boring as well. But now with radio Iphone driving dinstances became a pleasure again.
The next stop was Greymouth the nearest city up north at which the train of the tranz alpine express stops. It is a nice town but not extremely exciting.
Driving further to Punakaiki presented some beautiful coastal scenery before reaching the actual pancake rocks area. Although not being able to visit there at high tide the views are still really nice.
The backpackers I chose to spend the night was a series of houses build and completely surrounded by bush. It also provided access to a walkway straight to the beach. So in all this was a great spot to spend the night. Once again meeting nice people and playing a game of regenwormen.
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