Te Araroa - New Zealand

A däm tag bini no uf Dunedin gfahre und ha imene Airbnb übernachtet. Dört hanis gmüetlich gno, ha wösch gmacht und d chatz gstriichlet.

Am nöchste tag hani idr stadt zmorge ässe und bi uf gschänkli jagt zum heinä. Spontan hani mi denn entschide doch no as ändi vo dr halbinsle zfahre - zu dr Albatross Colony.

Das isch so beidruckend gsi! Si si riisig und zum grösste teil vo ihrem läbe sisi nid an land. Si si unglaublich effiziänti flieger und si in 2 wuche in Chile! Si sueche sich aber partner für s läbe, wo sich all 2 johr a däm ort wosi uf d wält cho si widr träffe zum paare. Idr colonie hets zu däm zitpunkt vier Albatross pääröi gha mit je eme baby. Usserdäm hets no e paar jugentlichi gha wome bim flirte und suche nach ihrem partner für s läbe het chöne beobachte.

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That day, I drove on to Dunedin and stayed in an Airbnb. I took it easy there — did some laundry and spent time petting the cat.

The next morning, I had breakfast in town and went hunting for little gifts to take home. Spontaneously, I decided to drive out to the end of the Otago Peninsula to visit the Royal Albatross Colony.

It was incredibly impressive. The birds are huge, and they spend most of their lives at sea. They are astonishingly efficient flyers — capable of reaching Chile in just two weeks. Yet they choose a partner for life and return every two years to the very place where they were born to breed. At the time of my visit, there were four albatross pairs in the colony, each with a chick. There were also a few juveniles, which we could watch flirting and searching for their future lifelong partners.Читать далее