{"id":1421,"date":"2011-02-27T11:43:41","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T04:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2011-02-27T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-27T04:43:41","slug":"punakaiki-pancake-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/2011\/02\/27\/punakaiki-pancake-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Punakaiki “Pancake Rocks”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

Total Miles Traveled: <\/strong>59,733<\/p>\n

The drive up to Punakaiki was a bit ho-hum until we got close to it and started driving along the coastline.<\/p>\n

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And when you reach Punakaiki, you see scenes reminiscent of the California coastline (and LOST — doesn’t the rock below remind you of the four-toed statue?).<\/p>\n

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

I liked this photo because of the sheer size of the cliffs compared to the little boy playing on the beach.<\/p>\n

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

So, the big attraction in Punakaiki are the blowholes and “pancake” rocks.<\/p>\n

\"Blow<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are the rocks again. \u00a0They’re limestone eroded by years of rain, wind, and surf, so that they look like stacks of pancakes. \u00a0Quite an unusual sight and a neat stop if you are passing through. \u00a0It’s only a 20 minute walk from the road.<\/p>\n

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

Along the way, you’ll see little flightless birds like this one. \u00a0 We thought it might be a kiwi at first, but were then told that kiwis only come out at night and are super rare. \u00a0This here is a “weka”. \u00a0They’re very inquisitive and, like chickens, they’ll eat anything.<\/p>\n

\"Weka<\/a><\/p>\n

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The sunset at Punakaiki:<\/p>\n

\"Punakaiki,<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, we drive up to the north of the South Island to Kaiteriteri, and visit the Abel Tasman National Park for some hiking and kayaking!<\/p>\n

Here’s a slideshow of all of our photos from driving up the West Coast and Punakaiki Rocks:<\/p>\n

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Total Miles Traveled: 59,733 The drive up to Punakaiki was a bit ho-hum until we got close to it and started driving along the coastline. And when you reach Punakaiki, you see scenes reminiscent of the California coastline (and LOST — doesn’t the rock below remind you of the four-toed statue?). I liked this photo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisaandtony.com\/travelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}