{"id":4147,"date":"2013-03-17T04:11:36","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T03:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2019-12-31T05:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T10:34:56","slug":"farewell-newzealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/2013\/03\/farewell-newzealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow far to the Summit?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re almost there&#8211;it\u2019s just on the other side of the tunnel\u2014you\u2019ll need a torch, it\u2019s pretty dark inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I was relieved.\u00a0 We\u2019d just dragged our bikes through the washout at Siberia Gully.\u00a0 I was hungry. \u00a0I was getting tired.\u00a0 This was a bad combination. It generally heralded the coming of grumpy.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of reaching the summit and firing up the stove for a Sunday brunch appealed to me.\u00a0 The Summit! I\u2019d feel as if I\u2019d earned the right to tuck into a spread of fried eggs and toast with a side of instant mash potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>No matter \u201cthe summit\u201d was just a few hundred meters above sea level.<\/p>\n<p>It was a Sunday morning on the Rimutaka Rail Trail. The mountain was teeming with weekend warriors on flash mountain bikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou goin\u2019 all the way to the top?\u201d they\u2019d enquire, sizing up our loaded bikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d I\u2019d reply, giving my super cool hard-core world cyclist look.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s not much of a climb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it wasn\u2019t.\u00a0 In distance.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"biking the Rimutuka rail Trail\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8526361752_62450b5ac3_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some nice single track cycling!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"cycling the Rimutaka rail Trail\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8525329437_c5fe4d5df7_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The riding surface is pretty good&#8211;MOST of the way!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Rimutaka Rail Trail was originally a rail route built in 1878 to link the Hutt Valley and Featherston.\u00a0 \u00a0The line transported passengers up the incline from Cross Creek to Rimutaka Summit.\u00a0 The incline was steep, and a special system was designed to pull trains up the slope.<\/p>\n<p>The modern day trail traverses 4 tunnels, and is made up of 2km of single track, 6km of double track and \u00a015km of unsealed road.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" title=\"riding the rimutaka rail trail\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8525319071_10d86fe1c6_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the many tunnels to cross&#8211;dark and a little bit scary.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All in all, The Rimutuka\u2019s not too rough a ride.\u00a0 Except for that \u2018Siberia\u2019 section I mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>A friendly pair of mountain bikers in high-viz vests (all the rage in NZ) offered to help me lug the bike across the precipitous part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks, I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll be fine,\u201d I said. \u00a0\u00a0A girl\u2019s got her pride, after all.<\/p>\n<p>I regretted the decision as soon as the nice couple sped away and I got a glimpse of exactly what horseshoe gully (AKA Siberia) was made of.<\/p>\n<p>Until 1967, there was an embankment across this hazardous stretch.\u00a0 Then a big storm washed it away.\u00a0 Now there\u2019s just a deep gully with a sign stating &#8220;Steep, slippery approach to creek bed. Cyclists are advised to dismount and walk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Suffice to say negotiating <em>Siberia<\/em> entailed some serious hoisting and heaving accompanied by a fair bit of cursing.<\/p>\n<p>Lesson learned: never turn down offers of assistance!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8526449880_79b8492cae_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eric taking on &#8216;Siberia!&#8221; Can never seem to capture the true challenge in a photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8525287669_9ccef753f0_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lunch at the Summit! A well-deserved feast.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8526400594_605cb1d8b5_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now for the easy part&#8211;down to Lower Hutt and Wellington.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"biking the Rimutaka Rail Trail New Zealand\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8525272875_aa114b123c_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sharing the trail with a few weekend warrior types.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1_8526396138_303e3c7625_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not quite as fun as the suspension bridges on the Timber Trail, but still nice riding.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>The\u00a0Bureaucratic\u00a0side of Travel<\/h4>\n<p>We had one final errand on the North Island:\u00a0 picking up new passports from the French Embassy.\u00a0 The French, unlike the Americans, refuse to add additional pages to full passports.\u00a0 That means you have to undergo the hassle of getting brand-new ones.<\/p>\n<p>It used to be that you could apply for a passport in one country (say South Africa) and pick the new passport up in another country further along in your journey (Malawi in our case).<\/p>\n<p>This was a highly convenient system.<\/p>\n<p>The rules are now much stricter.\u00a0 You must apply in person at the embassy, your application is sent to Paris for processing, a \u00a0new passport is issued in Paris and then sent back to the embassy you applied at for pick up.<\/p>\n<p>This process normally takes a month.\u00a0 Wellington was perfect because we had just enough time to do a North Island loop before heading back to pick up the passports.<\/p>\n<p>There was only one glitch.\u00a0 The folks in Paris messed up and Eric\u2019s new passport expires in April 2014!\u00a0 That means we\u2019ll have to go through whole rigmarole again in just a few month\u2019s time.<\/p>\n<h3>Bound South<\/h3>\n<p>After a beautiful journey on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interislander.co.nz\/\">the Interislander Cook Island Ferry<\/a>, we arrived back on the South Island.\u00a0 I\u2019d long wanted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nzcycletrail.com\/rainbow-trail\">cycle the Rainbow Trail<\/a>. \u00a0This was mostly thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ouestef\/sets\/72157629415001765\/\">Stephane Girard\u2019s inspiring New Zealand cycling \u00a0photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With time short, we decided to forego the longer inland route and take the shorter coastal road.\u00a0 Sadly, I\u2019ll have to save the Rainbow for another trip.<\/p>\n<p>Highway 1 is the main road in New Zealand and runs the length of both North and South Islands. \u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s busy, as you might imagine.\u00a0 Logging trucks ply this route, making it especially dangerous for cyclists.\u00a0 The high volume of traffic distracts from what could be some fine riding.<\/p>\n<p>After leaving the ferry terminal at Picton, the road follows the Tuamarina River across the Wairau Plain.\u00a0 It\u2019s deliciously flat cycling for 30 kilometers or so.\u00a0 After Blenheim, you traverse some pretty vineyards and then begin climbing through the Kaikoura Range.\u00a0 Highway 1 soon returns to the sea and twists its way along the pretty Pacific coast.\u00a0 The road is extremely narrow in spots here and there are a few scary tunnels to traverse.<\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought you couldn\u2019t survive another near miss on the narrow coastal stretch, \u00a0the highway shoots inland through Hundalee Range before veering down to the Canterbury Plain and Christchurch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8540743876_d6c5d5ee15_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highway 1 hugs the rocky coast much of the way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8539662957_a07b022b29_z.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"576\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Imagine a massive logging truck squeezing through&#8211;pretty scary!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"It takes some patience to get a shot without traffic.   This photo is NOT indicative of actual riding conditions.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/worldbiking.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/8540769068_13f0db8754_z.jpg\" alt=\"bicycle touring south island new zealand\" width=\"576\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Returning to Christchurch brought our tour full circle.\u00a0 We even stayed with the same couchsurfing host.\u00a0 In 3 months, all we managed to do was pedal 5,000 kilometers and see some beautiful places.\u00a0 In the same time, our host entered a new profession and started his own company.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve always said I could return to the \u2018real world\u2019 without a problem.\u00a0 Now I\u2019m not so certain.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Catch up on the latest news via the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/worldbiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">World Biking Facebook Page<\/a> or connect with us on<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/worldbiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drop as an email and say HI! \u00a0at worldbiking@gmail.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHow far to the Summit?\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re almost there&#8211;it\u2019s just on the other side of the tunnel\u2014you\u2019ll need a torch, it\u2019s pretty dark inside.\u201d I was relieved.\u00a0 We\u2019d just dragged our bikes through the washout at Siberia Gully.\u00a0 I was hungry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[178,49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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