Walks with Moss: Rata Ridge from Wainui Lookout down the Zig Zag trail.

I am surrounded by green hills in Wainuiomata and some of the are accessible. There is one that I see no way up from the side I am on and I don't have a car in this country and I don't think buses go there. Public Transport here is quite good if a bit pricey. Pricey compared to what I am used to anyway.

I'm only here for a little while so I may as well explore all the hills I can easily reach first.
My friend dropped me off at the Winui hill lookout as she made her way to work. I caught a bus back home at the end of this through hike of Rata Ridge.

I was very tired, I almost bailed and caught a bus home early. Instead of bailing I decided to have a sandwich and a cup of coffee and then see if I felt good enough to carry on. The food and coffee break was refreshing so I kept with my original plan.

I am enjoying the exotic plants and birds here. The views were pretty good and a fantail bird followed me for a bit.

When I hit the bottom of the zig zag trail I walked to the Wainiu shopping area and had a steak and cheese pie and a coke. I thought I had walked 6 miles and could get away with a pie, but my GPS was set to metric and I had only gone 6 kilometers. Oh well the pie was good. Not quite as good as the pies I had in Featherston though.

I got off one bus stop too late and I probably walked too far to get to my bus stop. Doing anything in a foreign country is just a little bit more difficult. It does not help that two bus routes share the same number and some of the same stops. Be careful riding route 160.