HOKATIKA WILD FOOD FESTIVAL

Went over to the wild food festival at Hokatika. Last time I was there it just rained non stop and it seemed a really depressing town. This time however the sun was out and it was a great weekend. Though having spent 2 days in a tent I think I'll be booking a B&B or something in the future. There was a group of about 8 of us and ran into a few random people to so all in all an excellent weekend.

We arrived on the Friday, and took these shots ofd the sun going down over the Pacific and from the beach looking back to the mountains over Hokatika.

On the Saturday was the day of the food festival, tried various stuff including kangaroo, crepes, elderflower champagne, hedgehog, shark and snails and other meats that I can't remember (too much alcohol). However, decided against trying lambs cheek, vodka jelly caterpillars and mountain oysters (sheep/cow testacles).

From left to right, Hokitika on a sunny day !!, the Wildfood Festival & Escargort (snail), not as tasty as they are in France !

We headed back to the east coast on the Sunday, but before we left we visited Hokatika Gorge. A fantastic place, crystal blue water amongst spectacular scenery.