Lake Mahinapua

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So today started ok, had a good surprise and ended not so great...

First stop of the day, Cape Foulwind, a 45 minutes walk along the coast and home of a fur seal colony. The walk was nice, but the seal decided not to show up :(

Next, The Pancake Rocks and Blowholes in Punakaiki. No need of much explanation on why they call them that way ;)
Unfortunately, the sea was calm, so no blow for us, but the place is still pretty nice.

I see The Alps, well the Southern ones ;)

A little game for you guys ;)

And now, the surprise: Our driver booked us for a brewery tour and testing, love it :)
We went to Monteith's, in Greymouth. The tour included 4 beers (tasting size) with one we've been able to pour ourself and a 500ml bottle of the American pale ale (still haven't drink it)
I really enjoyed it, and would have been really happy, if it wasn't for the fact that we had a schedule to follow, which meant we only had one hour to spend there. Would have like to hang out longer and take more time to try those beers...

And from there, the day got bad.
We stop at the Mahinapua Hotel for the night. It's an old pub in the middle of nowhere. I was kind of looking forward of spending the night there, sound like something unique. But they made it a big theme party stop, and everybody knows how much I like theme party... The theme: P and you can make it with everything but clothes, great.
I shouldn't have took it like that, but I felt like had to participate, and it upset me because this trip the one time of my life I feel like I should only do what makes me happy. And everybody asking what I was going to wear and not understanding why I wasn't going to do it made it worst.
Other than for that stupid party, the place was nice, the dinner was really good and nice sunset on the beach.

Sunset with the moon :)