Wow, this is my last night in NZ. The last two weeks have been unbelievable! I arrived in Auckland yesterday and tomorrow I am off to Bangkok, Thailand. Auckland is by far the biggest city in NZ (2 out of 3 Kiwi's live in Auckland). Very cool town. Today I spent the day at Waiheke Island doing some awsome hikes. These trails were amazing! I got to go through bush, mountains, beaches, and cool little villages (pic 2). The views are spectacular. For sure one of the coolest islands in the world. The hike got quite technical in the end and I had some exciting slip ups (close to the edge of the mountains!). It was all good at the end. On my way back into town I stopped by Devonport which is a lovely neighborhood/beach. Very nice sunset and atmosphere there (pic 1). Great day!
For the last few days, I've been hanging out a lot with team Spain (Bruno, Nuria, Bibiane, Gabriela). We had loads of fun in Kaikoura and Wellington. Wellington is notorious for nice restaurants, and we had a nice italian meal on our last night together there... good times.
here goes a brief summary of my travels in NZ (for my own record) - Day 1 arrive in Wellington, stay in an awsome YHA hostel and catch the ferry to the South Island the next day. This is was a very nice cruise. Big ship, the works, great views too (3h trip). Day 2 join the Kiwi Experience bus in Picton, spent the night in Nelson, nice hostel, met the friends I would travel with for the next 10 days. From Nelson to Westport was a nice drive, checked out a cool lake (crazy English guys went for a swim) and then a walk through tropical forest. Next day we had an amazing walk by the beach, another scenic drive till lake Mahinapua. Checked out the sunset at the beach, went for a run on the beach with Dan (English guy) and at night we had our trash bag costum party (we all had to make outfits out of trashbags. I was a rugby player on steriods- great costumes that night). Day 4 walk through forest to a nice lookout point where we could see beach, mountains, forest, river and lakes. Eat lunch at the beach, check out Franz Joseph glaciers. Day 5 at 6:45am skydive over Fox glaciers, then an all day hike on Franz Joseph glaciers and watch the All Blacks beat South Africa at night. Day 6 we went to lake Wanaka. Amazing views, including lake Hawea too. In this town Anders and I checked out the old fashion cinema where they served us dinner in the middle of the movie (cool place, we watched the daVinci Code- I thought it was pretty good). Day 7 as we were leaving Wanaka we went to puzzling world. They had lots of cool interective visual effects there, plus a maze that took me a while to find the exit! The first thing we did when we arrived in Queenstown was the bungy at the legendary Kawarau bridge (highlight!!!) I spent 5 nights in queenstown doing snowboarding, bungy, watching my friends jump and riding on the luge. Very fun town! On day 11 we went to Christchurch with a very crazy driver (Dave). We saw Mt Cook (biggest mountain in NZ) one more time, watched a couple of movies and headed to the east coast. Loooong drive. All Blacks beat Australia that night. Day 12 we headed to kaikoura where we went whale watching. Only got to see two, but it was fun, they are huge! Saw many seals as well. Day 13 get the ferry to the North Island and back in Wellington (capital). Nice dinner with the Spanish team in downtown. Day 14 check out the national museum Te Papa with the Lord of the Rings exibition. Very cool displays of the original miniatures, clothes and weapons. And finally the last two days I've been exploring Auckland and Waiheke islands. Could've not gone better. Very full time. Thank you Lord for letting me see so much of your beauty :) 100's of pics coming up... :)
Em Portugues
Bom, agora estou em Auckland (a maior cidade na NZ) e passei o dia na ilha Waiheke. Peguei umas trilhas muito feras la', com vistas fantasticas. Na volta passei por Devonport que e' uma praia bem legal tambem. Amanha estarie indo para Tailandia e vou passar 10 dias por la' . Ai vai o roteiro que fiz na NZ nas ultimas duas semanas: Wellington - Picton - Nelson - Westport - Lago Mahinpua (festa a fantasia com sacos de lixo), Montanhas glacias em Franz Joseph (paraquedas) - lago Wanaka- Queenstown (bungy e snowboard) - Christchurch - Kaikoura (baleias) - Wellington - Auckland. A versao em ingles a cima tem mais detalhes das aventuras... fotos em breve.
spanish team
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