{"id":77,"date":"2003-11-28T18:06:43","date_gmt":"2003-11-28T23:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vmalt\/?p=77"},"modified":"2005-12-30T07:24:37","modified_gmt":"2005-12-30T12:24:37","slug":"correction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/correction","title":{"rendered":"Correction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out the ferry was to Picton, through the Marlborough Sound, which was the eeriest experience I&#8217;ve ever had. More to come.<\/p>\n<p>We drove from there to Nelson. Yesterday, I went for a three-hour hike in the Abel Tasman National Park, followed by a visit to The Grumpy Mole, where one of the other members of the tour lived up to his Australian stereotype by drinking 15 beers before shifting over to screwdrivers  for the rest of the evening. Said evening, note, comprised less than 4 hours. One of the other Australians was surprised by my behavior that evening. &#8220;I thought you&#8217;d be more&#8230; aggressive,&#8221; he said. I think, based on the way I&#8217;ve portrayed myself to some people, that he was expecting a Begbie-esque experience last night. Well, there&#8217;s still time in Queenstown&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Today was a drive down to Kaikoura (where I am now), to be followed by an evening drive to our destination, Christchurch. Took some wonderful pix yesterday during the hike, and some funny ones during the evening out. But the camera got doused in the sink this morning, and I&#8217;m hoping it&#8217;s just the battery that&#8217;s messed up. I&#8217;ll find out when we check in tonight. Grr.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/chimeraobscura\/sets\/1434128\/\" target=\"_blank\">(My New Zealand pix via Flickr)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turns out the ferry was to Picton, through the Marlborough Sound, which was the eeriest experience I&#8217;ve ever had. More to come. We drove from there to Nelson. Yesterday, I went for a three-hour hike in the Abel Tasman National Park, followed by a visit to The Grumpy Mole, where one of the other members &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/correction\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Correction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-1f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":264,"url":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/i-remember-california","url_meta":{"origin":77,"position":0},"title":"I Remember California","author":"Gil","date":"June 14, 2004","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's the view from the first evening of my drive down from San Francisco to San Diego. 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