Hey there, after staying in the rainy Taupo for two days we went for the Alpine Crossing (in which the volcano erupted one day afterwards!) and did the Whanganui River Journey for 5 days.
The last rainy weekend house sitting at our wwoofing family's place. Working in the rain enjoying a hot bath tub afterwards...
...and a hearty onion soup with self made Naan bread
A map of our next travels, guess where we canoed ;)
The night before doing the Alpine Crossing, it was cold.
Being sad that we used up the last piece of good German quality toilet paper from dm. But we were happy again when we saw this beautiful waterfall.
The active volcano, Mt Tongariro, which erupted the VERY NEXT DAY! The track is still closed.
Thomas entering the snowy altitudes.
A huge crater lake in 1600 m altitude, just like that.
We could as well have gone skiing =)
A great plain also in 1600 m. By the way, on the top there is a layer of clouds.
Pretty cool stone formation.
On the endless way down, feet hurting, backs aching, legs sore...
... resting on the warm concrete, not speaking for half an hour ^^
Beautiful sunset, but afterwards it got really cold...
...as you could feel during the night and see the next morning on our tent.
The next day's "Great Walk" was pretty unspectacular compared to the day before, but at least the falls were nice.
That night something really awesome happened. We hitch hiked to Taumaranui with a couple that wasn't allowed to do the Alpine Crossing because the track was closed. We booked the entire Whanganui River Journey (Canoe and Campgrounds) and when we asked the supermarket manager if we could busk to get a place to stay for the night he just invited us in to his house! We had such a fun time that night and also with his son the next morning. He took the right picture ;)
So there we are, canoeing the next day! There were some awesome rapids. We saw someone fall in the water several times ;)
Building a maori peace pole and on we went.
On a little extra trip searching for the campground.
On the way to...
..the Bridge to Nowhere, a huge concrete bridge in the middle of nowhere (forest without any road access)
A chill-out day with scenic landscapes.
What you see on this map is one ride that took us directly to Masterton, our destination for that night. We hadnt even expected to arrive there because it was already 4pm, but God just sent that wonderful German lady who wanted to go exactly the same way.
Now we're staying with Nikki's parents cleaning their windows and enjoying their pool...
...sorting out some things to send back to Auckland. Every gram counts...
They even took us to their beach house, where we saw another seal. By the way, Lina found her hair too long as well. Unfortunately, the color turned out to be a bit bright.
Is there a connection between the last piece of toilet paper and being happy about the waterfall? o_0
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