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on the northern coast of the south island
	in the abel tasman national park, we paddled four days in the sun, one in rain. taz made it seem like five days of pure blue skies
the waters were calm.. and CRI set off with kaiteriteri kayaing company. colorful boats & landscape... technocolor guide (taz on top, those're guido's chicken legs alice pepped us up with jumping jacks in our neoprine skirts eroydemonstrates how to get back in the boat in case we fell out. nice, girl. getting ready to shove off. land of the long white cloud indeed. a meeting on the beach to determine who we'd vote out of the group. the site of our first camp. te pukatea bay. love those maori names. truly. just an afternoon on a white sand beach in new zealand. obive.