I got on the Inter Islander Ferry to cross from Wellington to Picton. My initial plan on the South Island was to go from Picton and travel the west coast and arrive in Queenstown. By bus it would've probably taken me a couple of days, since there isn't a straight ride from Picton to Queenstown using Naked Bus (I had a 5 ride ticket with that company), so it would've been a waste of time.
Browsing in the Couchsurfing website, I saw a guy offering a car ride from Picton to Dunedin (east coast). Time and money-wise it was a far better option, so I contacted him and met him on the Ferry. His name's Ryan Everton and he turned out to be a rather interesting fellow. He just took a year off college, where he's studying law, to attend to a business he started on his own. It's a company called "Globelet", that basically consists in reusable plastic cups, that if bought, gives the owner of the cup discounts and free beers in restaurants and hostels (the target audience being backpackers). He also sells these cups in festivals and major events. Globelet also has a website called
Containers in Christchurch"Tikiway" which focuses on a data base of drinking water taps along the country, to avoid the massive consumption of water bottles throughout NZ, and using bottles that can be filled in these water taps (http://www.globelet.com/).
The navigation between the two islands lasted about 3 hours and I had time to take photos of the channels at the top of the south island, which were quite nice and remainded me of the channels in the south of Chile.
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