Wednesday, January 10, 2018

10 January 2018: Marahau and Westport

By Nick Terzulli (Nursing ‘19)

We’ve been in New Zealand for about 2 weeks now. Can you believe it? I sure can’t! What an adventure it’s been. Our group is really bonding to the point where we have so many little inside jokes that none of us can keep track. After a couple of days camping, we spent the night at The Barn in Marahau. We woke up this morning and gathered around the van at 9am. We cleaned up the van (imagine how disgusting it’s been after nearly two weeks of travel.. yeah). So we set voyage to do some grocery shopping in Motueka for the next three days. We then made a pit stop to look at the beautiful scenery around us. Then it started to rain (MASSIVELY), so we all ran to the van to continue the day’s journey. I’m pretty sure we’re all thankful for the superb driving skills of Doc Rob to get us out of there, but anyways let’s continue.


We continue to make our way to a quiet little suburban town named Westport. Westport used to be home to the coal mining industry in New Zealand up until the mid/late 1900s. Since the industry witnessed a major decline, it left the small town out to dry. Although it went through a rough patch, it still is really pretty and has a homey feel. So, now that you have this little background, I’ll continue to take you throughout our day. We’re not quite at Westport yet. It’s been like 2 hours so we’re playing games like “black magic”, “I’m going on a picnic and I can bring....”, and “I spy” in the van...wait; it gets better.



It’s like four o’clock now and we finally pull into the parking lot for our place of living for the night in Westport after a long travel day. We cook up a FIRE meal of chicken parm, garlic bread, salad, and spaghetti. A nice Italian meal, if you ask me (I’m Italian and actually enjoyed the meal). We (the students) even had the company of Doc Rob and Doc Daven (they contributed with FIRE chocolate cake and ice cream... CHEERS TO THEM). We ended the night playing ping pong and just hanging around and laughing a ton. It’s been an awesome two weeks. 


Keep reading our blog and following our journey. PEACE FOR NOW. :-)

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