The Nelson Market on every Saturday morning, this is what the purpose i go Nelson.
The Nelson Market - Nelson
Walking distance from hostel.
The best pear juice i ever had. The reason i like to go market because market is the best place to experience the local people culture. Normally local people will only go this type of market.
Journey to Havelock
Actually we plan stop over at Havelock and have our lunch in The Mussel Pot (http://www.themusselpot.co.nz/). Night before, we call to have a reservation, only find out that they close in winter. Really bad luck, so we have no choice to try other restaurant in Havelock. Why we must stop over at Havelock? Because Havelock called greenshell mussel capital of the world.
Havelock is a coastal village in the Marlborough region of New Zealand. It sits at the head of Pelorus Sound, one of the Marlborough Sounds, and at the mouth of the Pelorus and Kaituna Rivers. The population was 486 in the 2006 Census, an increase of 12 from 2001.[1]State Highway 6 from Nelson to Blenheim passes through the town. Queen Charlotte Drive, which provides a shorter but very winding road to Picton proceeds east along the edge of the Sounds. Canvastown is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the west. Renwick is 31 km (19 mi) to the south. Picton is 35 km to the east.[2][3]Havelock is the centre for much of the New Zealand green-lipped mussel industry, and is called the greenshell mussel capital of the world.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havelock,_New_Zealand
At last, we choose Slip Inn restaurant for the Mussel meal.
We order a Seafood Platter. Lucky it do not disappointing me. The best every mussel i had before. They claim the mussel is harvest the mussel from the sea area we can see from the restaurant. The mussel is unwashed to have the most original taste of it. Only the most fresh and most clean sea water mussel can be eaten unwashed. The mussel beard is still there. Yummy, after finish the platter, we order extra mussel. Can't stop eating it. I do not eat mussel in Malaysia or Singapore but can't stop eating it at Havelock.
You can see how big is the mussel.
We found some tiny crab with a lot of roe in the mussel.
The mussel bread.
After the great mussel meal, we continue our journey to Picton to catch the ferry to Wellington. We choose the shortest route to Picton but need to pay the price with super zig-zag road condition. Maximum speed i can drive is 40KM/H. You can try to see on Google map, you will know the reason.
Picton harbour view
Queuing to aboard the Interislander Ferry. My ferry ticket for passenger and car is included in the car rental.
Very excited because this is the first time i drive into the a ferry. No experience how will it like.
Inside the Ferry
All the car parked in line for easy alight.
The ferry journey across the Cook Strait need around 3 hour 30 mins. Because is a night journey, no view as it totally dark and raining. So only can seat at the bar in the ferry and wait to reach Wellington.
This night we will be staying in Micheal house, he host (couchsurfing) us. He personally come to the harbour and guide us to his house. He do cook us a dinner as we do not have anything after the mussel meal.
Photo with Micheal
End of Day 17
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