Tag: KiwiExperience
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On to the south
After arriving in Queenstown most people stay there for a few nights to explore the capital of adrenalin. The only adrenalin I was interested in was to see if I could get back my hat. The one I left behind at Hotwater beach. And wonder over wonders the hostel had kept my Postbag and I…
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I doesn’t rain in southern New Zealand …
… man – it pours. It started in the night but it did not stop in the morning either. It was pouring water out of those clouds. Good thing that we where supposed to drive on anyway. Todays morning stop was supposed to be Lake Matheson. A nice clear lake where the biggest mountain of…
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Fuller River and Pancacke rocks
This time the morning was filled with activities for all those that wanted to spend some more money. I for my part had decided that I wanted to go on a Jetboat and try how it feels like to do some 360 degree spins on a river. So we stored our stuff on the big…
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Nelson Lakes to Westport
New driver – Lisa. For some reason she had two more passengers on board than on the manifest. Usually not that big of a problem: Fess up and she adds you on on the spot. Bigger problem though if you don’t fess up, the bus is full and she starts just to find out that…
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Lock, Stock and two smoking paddles
That’s the name of the kayaking your I went on today. It was a whole day of kayaking in the waters in front of the Abel Tasman national park. The sea lions where not up to much apart from getting some sun. So we went on. At noon we had a stop to do some…
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From the north island to the south island
New driver again and a trip with the ferry from Wellington to Picton in between the bus routes. The first part was just from the hostel down to the ferry where we checked in our big bags and ourselfes onto the boat. The 3.5 hour trip over was windy but the seas calm. And once…
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A village called “Bulls”
Today was more of a move the people from point A to point B kind of trip. Our only memorable stop was in Bulls. A small town that incorporated its name into the unofficial names of the businesses. Like “consta-bull-ary” for the police station. After that it was on to Wellington. The capital of New…
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Whakapapa (Fakapapa) and River Valley
First stop today was at The Chalet a high end resort. Which we of course did not go into. Instead we did a two hour walk past a nice waterfall to get at least some exercise on our trip to River Valley. River Valley is a farmstay in the middle of nowhere with some nice…
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Tongariro Crossing
This is one of New Zealand’s famous walks. It does only take a day so in summer you do it on your own. Well as on your own as you can be with 3000 people per day. All you need then is someone to pick you up at the end (and maybe to the beginning)…
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Evening cruise on Lake Taupo
One of the less expensive things you can do in the Taupo area is an evening cruise up to some Maori rock carvings. A little bit disappointing was the choice of the vessel as we went out on a motor boat and not the sailing ship right next to it. But there was pizza included.…