Once we left the coast road we turned inland and drove several more hours through the southern alps to reach Marlborough and the wine region. The drive through the mountains was almost as nice as the coast drive. We followed this river through a gorge and saw almost nothing and nobody except sheep and cattle for hours. It did give Betty a chance to walk across the longest swing bridge in New Zealand. I really wanted to try it but who would have taken the pictures, right? It was probably 100 feet above the river. It takes a special sort of person to live out here in this isolation but if you are willing and don't get lonely, what a life. I can also tell you that in 2-3 hours we only saw one kayaker on this river. You could just go for miles and see no one.
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