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The easier way to run this track is definitely counterclockwise, hence, to start from the Chinese Village and to follow the Arrow River Trail first. However, the track is really small, very small, and right in the beginning there are a couple of sections which are very crucial as following an impressive abyss; a challenge …
There is simply one good reason to follow the recommendations of local, established and well-known advisers and magazines: good food! We over and over again walk the talk, just to get reconfirmed: very often you’ll only pay little more (if at all) but the quality of food and hence your pleasure and satisfaction is way …
Just to make it easier, here the Lake Hayes run again, without extension to the Arrowfield Apartments (see other post). The Lake Hayes Walkway is an easy, well formed track providing great views of the lake and surrounding environs.
True, looking for a cosy place to pause and take a welcome breath, that was the goal. Truth be told, we are in a ongoing fine-weather-stress here in New Zealand and that since our arrival end of January. Persisting fine-weather-stress basically means: get out earlier and trolling the streets all day long, always in panic …
Arrowtown is really a fascinating little settlement which literally sprung up overnight with the discovery of gold in the Arrow River in 1862. At our first visit I thought: wow, nothing but touristy…and I didn’t like it too much. Today, after having spend a couple of days in a nice apartment, a little out-of-town, I …