Ngapae Holiday Park - Kaitaia

Endelig de sidste 15 km ned langs 90 mile Beach! I dag var det ikke solen jeg skulle være opmærksom på, men at holde mig tør i det konstante regnvejr. Motivationen i dag var, at få fisch and Chips i Ahipara for enden af de 100 km strand.

De sidste 5 km mod Ahipara, var ret så hårde, da jeg begyndte at få problemer med mit ene knæ, hvilket sikkert skyldes en overbelastning fra at bære rundt på en tung rygsæk og gå i sandet, som har været ekstremt hårdt for fødderne.

Da jeg ankom til Ahipara ventede en anden vandre på mig og overbragte den dårlige nyhed at alle caféer og restauranter først åbnede i morgen den 01 oktober… Vi måtte derfor vente lidt endnu med at “fejre” at stranden var overstået. Vi valgte at hitchike indtil Kaitaia, da det ellers ville have været 15 km langs motorvej, men som nu mere er en mindre hovedvej. Den første bil stoppede for os, og vi fik et lift til Kaitaia. Hvor vi endte med en omgang kebab! I Kaitaia mødtes vi med de andre vandrer som startede den samme dag som os.

Herfra går turen ind i The Northland Forest, som byder på en masse regn og mudder.

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Finally, the last 15 km down along 90 Mile Beach! Today it wasn’t the sun I had to watch out for, but trying to stay dry in the constant rain. The motivation today was to get fish and chips in Ahipara at the end of the 100 km beach.

The last 5 km towards Ahipara were quite tough, as I started having problems with one of my knees, probably due to overstrain from carrying a heavy backpack and walking in the sand, which has been extremely hard on my feet.

When I arrived in Ahipara, another hiker was waiting for me and brought the bad news that all cafés and restaurants would only open tomorrow, October 1st… So we had to wait a bit longer before “celebrating” that the beach was done. We decided to hitchhike to Kaitaia, as it would otherwise have been 15 km along a highway, which is now more of a minor main road. The first car stopped for us, and we got a ride to Kaitaia, where we ended up having kebab! In Kaitaia, we met up with the other hikers who had started the same day as us.

From here, the trail heads into the Northland Forest, which offers plenty of rain and mud.Baca selengkapnya