Traveling the world

12月 2019 - 4月 2020
  • Christina Eylert
Christinaによる139日間のアドベンチャー もっと詳しく
  • Christina Eylert

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  • オーストラリア オーストラリア
  • ニュージーランド ニュージーランド
  • シンガポール シンガポール
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  • 54.0千キロ旅行
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  • 247足跡
  • 139日間
  • 1.3千写真
  • 464いいね
  • Waikanae Beach Gisborne

    2020年2月2日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    If I thought it was hot the last couple of days, I was wrong!! Today was hot! Really hot! Impossible to be outside in the sun or to move too much.
    So I was ending up on the beach, under some big trees for the whole day! 37 degrees today 😎🥵
    I don't know, how many times I went for a swim in the ocean. It was often, as I really needed to cool down a bit all the time.
    Around 3 pm I got a nice big ice cream. Bigger than expected 🙈😂
    If I knew before how big their scopes are I would be more than happy with it one scope, but I got 2!
    And luckily also an empty paper cup, because half of my ice cream was breaking off after only 2 minutes but I was luckily catching it with the cup!

    I didn't even have a chance to take a picture from my enormous ice cream😂
    It was really good ice cream as well so I really enjoyed it, but I had to eat it fast, it was just melting away.

    After that, I went back to the beach for the rest of the afternoon!
    I even managed to not get sunburned 🥳😉

    During the day I tried to find someone who is given surf lessons today, but 2 out of 4 surf schools are not operating at the moment, one could never reach and the last one has lessons today but they are already full. So I could only watch them today.
    So many people were out and surfing today.

    But I gonna do it tomorrow instead. As they had no bookings at all, the owner of the surf school was offering me a private lesson, normally it costs 95$, for 75$ instead!
    That was very kind and I am already very excited and looking forward to my surf lesson tomorrow 🤗😎🏄🏻‍♀️

    In the evening I fixed my wash and had a horrible hot shower again.

    Dinner was very late today as it was just to hot to eat something earlier.
    At least here is a nice sea breeze and it's cooling down during the evening and night! So falling asleep was not a problem at all!
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  • Surfing with Sarah

    2020年2月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Lovely fresh morning today! So nice temperature!
    I got up at 8 am to have the time for a nice and calm breakfast before it was time to leave for my surf lesson.
    The meeting point is just a street away so I didn’t need to drive somewhere far away.
    9.30 am I was supposed to meet my coach Nico at Roberts Road Carpark.
    I was there a little bit too early but he was right on time!

    The first thing to do was to sign a paper and pay and then I went back to the house to pick up a wetsuit and a board for me.
    I got changed and then we went to the beach.

    He explained to me, what I gonna need to do to get up on the board and how to stand on it right.
    We made some test runs on the beach but after only a few minutes he said, ok that’s enough let’s go into the water, you gonna learn it better there!

    That was the start of 2 hours of intense training!
    I was actually standing up already on my second wave!
    That was amazing!!

    I don’t know how many times I failed and went for a swim, it was a lot but I also was standing up many times and got a nice ride to the beach.
    The waves today are really good, according to Nico!
    Clear waves and if waves! Not the best condition for a beginner normally but he was helping me a lot so I felt confident all the time!
    He knew which waves to take and which waves better not to take.
    He put me up on a lot of unbroken waves as well, what was pretty cool!
    Some of the waves were around 1,20m, most of them around 1m what is really much!

    After two amazing hours, a super clean nose and way too much salt water in my stomach it was sadly time to finish my lesson. But I finished with a perfect ride on a perfect wave all the way down to the beach 🤗🏄🏻‍♀️

    That was definitely not my last time on a surfboard! Good that I go to Australia next, where I can keep on practicing!!

    After the lesson, we went back to the carpark. I took a shower there to get the saltwater of my skin and then it was time to leave hot Gissy and travel north!

    Oh yeah, it’s really hot today, again. 🥵
    I didn’t realize it on the water but it’s hot! Around 35 degrees I heard later!

    I drove for around one and a half hours until I got quite hungry and stopped beside a river for a Picknick in the shadow!
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  • Hukutaia

    2020年2月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    Hukutaia is a Little forest with a lot of different trees and some really old once!

    It’s such an amazing place!
    A walk around takes only 20 minutes but gives you the feeling to be out in a wild forest in the middle of nowhere. So many birds as well!

    Super cool place and gorgeous old trees!
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  • Onekawa and Nukuhou Saltmarsh

    2020年2月3日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C

    For the next walk, I went to Onekawa, a part of the Te Mawhai Regional Park.

    This walk was a little bit steeper than I was expecting it to be and in the heat, it was getting really tough to walk up the hill.
    So I was actually deciding that I am not going to to the whole walk once I was up on the first hill.

    The view from here was amazing and an enjoyed it for a couple of minutes until I walked back to my car.
    I found some blackberries on the way back that I totally missed on the way up. It's just a little bit to early jet to eat them.

    Back in my car, I decided it's enough for today and wanted to go straight to my next campground in Whakatane.
    It's just a 35 min drive from here.
    As so often here, I anyway don't go a straightway t my destination as I always find something more to stop at.
    Here it was Nukuhou Saltmarsh, last two pictures!
    Luckily it was only a short walk to the two lookout points!

    After that, I went to the campground.
    And spend the next if the afternoon in the shadow as it was just too hot again.
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  • Tauwhare Pa Scenic Reserve

    2020年2月4日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    And again I woke up to a beautiful morning! Sun is shining and it’s already pretty warm, so there is another hot day ahead of me!

    I left the campground after breakfast and went to the Tauwhare Pa Scenic Reserve.
    It’s a short walk up a hill for a nice view of the ocean!
    Nice to start the day like this!
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  • Otarawairere Bay

    2020年2月4日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    My next stop was in Ohope.
    I went to the Ohope beach and as this one was so full with students I decided to do the walk to Otarawairere Bay. This bay you can not reach by car, you can only walk there!

    That was definitely a very good idea. The walk was partly quite steep but took only around 20 min and the view from up the cliff over the two beaches was stunning and the other beach almost empty!
    So here I could spend some time in a lovely beach without hundreds of students! 😉😊
    After around one hour I went back to my car to keep on traveling.
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  • Te Rerekawau Falls

    2020年2月4日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    As it is so hot and I found this nice little spot, the Blueberry Corner, I felt for a real fruit ice cream!
    Of my god, this was sooo good!! 😋 I can eat ice cream for lunch every day 😉
    I also bought some blueberries as well.

    Next, I went to the Te Rerekawau Falls.

    This is an around 30 min round track beside a river where you pass a few waterfalls. Some small, some pretty big!

    Nice walk, steep but not too bad and the waterfalls were definitely worth it!

    After that walk, I was done for today!
    I just wanted to get out of the sun and relax for the rest of the day. So I went to Omokoroa, where I found a nice and cheap campground for the night!

    I am sleeping under an Avocado tree here 🤗
    That’s pretty cool! Never seen one before and here are everywhere Avocado trees on the campground.
    And a lot of cats and dogs as well! Nice!

    I took it easy the rest of the day, listening to all the stupid crickets here, and it’s a lot of them.
    They kept me awake for quite some time in the evening/night. 😕
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  • Minden Lookout

    2020年2月5日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

    As I fell asleep very late and didn’t sleep well I woke up quite late. I anyway decided to stay one more night here, as I was not feeling for traveling around today at all!
    So I had a long breakfast and went for a little shopping trip into town and stopped at the Minden Lookout on the way back.

    For more, I could not motivate myself so I went back to the campground for a calm day!
    It’s not so warm anymore what is really nice and the crickets are not as bad today as yesterday.
    So I could sleep much better this night!
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  • Waihi Beach and Owharoa Falls

    2020年2月6日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    I woke up at a good time today!
    Definitely fresh again and ready to get going again.
    But first I had a good breakfast and then I left the campground.

    I stopped at Avocado Place. It’s a place where you can buy fruits and vegetables!
    They had some much stuff and so cheap so it was hard to decide what I want to buy!
    I got some peppers, plums, and cucumbers! 😊

    After that, I went to Waihi Beach. I have been here before but I like the place and it was just a short drive here so I wanted to spend some time at the beach here and watch the surfers and try to learn something from them!

    After around 1 hour or maybe more, I drove to Owharoa Falls.
    That’s definitely a busy spot here! So many families around.
    That’s when I remember that it is Waitangi Day today! So many people are free from work and out with their family enjoying the good weather.

    So I actually called the campground where I want to stay tonight if they still have some free places just to be sure, but it’s no problem at all!

    As there was not so much more to see or do around I checked in early at the campground.

    I had some lunch and then a nap from around 2 hours. I obviously really needed that!
    The rest of the day was calm as well. Spend some time with some German girls during dinner but was still too tired for more and went to bed early today!
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  • Wof

    2020年2月8日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Having a neighbor at the campground in a tent has never been a problem for me, last night it was. I don't know what he did, but he was obviously moving around so much and making so many noises that even I woke up from it and had hard to fall asleep again...
    So I was quite tired this morning. I had to get up in a good time as I need to be in Takanini at 11 am to meet with Steve, who wants to take a look at the car and I have to fix a new warrant of fitness, short Wof as well.

    So after breakfast, I packed up my stuff and left the campground at 9.30 am.

    Halfway to Auckland, I stopped at a picnic area as I was reminding that I haven't removed the duck tape jet, so I did that fast and then realized that I somehow need to get the glue away that was still stuck on the car. That was not easy at all and took quite some time, luckily I left so early!
    I managed to get away the most of it!
    And Steven didn't see the rest, or he at least was not saying anything about it. 😅

    I arrived at 11 am at the VTNZ branch in Takanini and Steve came a few minutes later.
    He took a look around the car and was pleased with what he saw. He explained to me, what I need to do to get the car checked and how we keep on going after this.

    So I went to the waiting line, parked my car there, left the keys inside and went to the reception to sign in and pay.
    It costs only 67$ here, so that is not much money!
    I had to wait for like 45 minutes until I got called for a mechanic.
    My car failed 😳

    I got the paper with the list of problems and 28 days to fix it!

    So I went to a small parking area and called Steve to tell him this.
    He then called his garage, and I could go there immediately.
    They took a look at the paper and said, they can fix it. It's two new lamps in front and a howl in the muffler. I had to leave the car with them for an hour.
    I was surprised how cheap it was. Only 120$, that's like 80€.

    So after that, I went to the VTNZ Branche just across the road.
    And I failed again, damn it...
    It was still a problem with one light.
    So back to the garage again, but now they had their lunch break. So they asked if I could come back at 3 pm again. No problem, I also needed some lunch, good that McDonald's was just a kilometer away 😉

    Getting back to the garage one of the mechanics saw me driving in, he was like why are you back? Ad I gave him the paper and he was like, oh ok but why did they not fix it? It's just the focus that is not right, they could have done it by themselves.

    Well, they didn't, so I drove in and they fixed it, for free!
    Well do be honest, they should have checked this when they were putting it in in the first place.
    Luckily the recheck is not coasting anything! It doesn't matter how many times you are going back. So I went one more time to the VTNZ and this time my car passed!!! 🥳🥳 Jippi!
    Finally!
    It's just 4 pm now, so the whole thing took 5 hours.

    Now I will probably end up in a big traffic jam leaving Auckland 😬

    I found a cheap campground only 60 km north of here, where I want to stay for some days.
    The traffic wasn't as bad as expected! It took me not even one hour there!

    The campground might be old, but it's a super nice, quiet and peaceful place!
    Super friendly and helpful owners and just what I need for the rest couple of days I have in front of me!

    Steve wants me to go to two car fairs this weekend to try to sell the car there, but I can't do that. It's not feeling right to sell the car to other travelers with the water leak... And if I say it, I would either not be able to sell it or for super less many. And if I don't say it, I maybe get 500$ more than from Steve... Maybe... I don't even think so.
    So I decided to not go, but not gonna tell him that.

    I will give the car a nice clean in the next days from inside and outside and that's all!
    He can deal with it then!
    It feels good like this!
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