Donkey in NZ

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- 27 nov 2016
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 48 m
- Nuova Zelanda Auckland Grafton -36.84965, 174.7625436°50’59” S 174°45’45” E
Giorno 1
Auckland
27 novembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Hello out there!
I am a little donkey on a very big journey and if you like my adventures, have a look here once in a while :-)

Auckland, NZ - I landed ....after a super long trip-Very lucky, because all other flights were canceled (Lufthansa).
A short stop in Shanghai (with some nice teas), picking up the car (spare you the the picture of that little green box)....uuuaaahh I frst need to sleeeeeep!
PS: I dipped my toes into the Pacific Ocean ...so cool!!! in every meaning :OLeggi altro
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- 28 nov 2016
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 3 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Paihia Veronica Channel -35.28648, 174.0964935°17’11” S 174°5’47” E
Giorno 2
Pahaia
28 novembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This was my first relaxing day with a bit of walking around and being overwhelmed by sudden summer, exotic plants and all the wooden houses!

My favorite plant is the bottlebrush tree (the red thing)...it came over from Australia.
Everywhere are palm trees and hughe farns, making you feel like in jurassic times ;-)

Amazing ocean view too!!Leggi altro
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- 29 nov 2016
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 13 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Waitangi Te Whare Runanga -35.2634, 174.0791635°15’48” S 174°4’45” E
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Giorno 3
Waitangi
29 novembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Kia ora!
....that is the “hello“ in Maori language :-) And I learned today at the Waitangi treaty Grounds.
It is the historical place, where the British and Maori people signed “their“ contract ..and it just opened a brand new museum. the museum was fantastic, the guided tour much less. A bit too polished for a complex history, which still has ground ownerships debates on that piece of paper.....mmhhhmm. So questions where Highly welcomed, but no time for an answer.

Anyway; I saw that super big canoe with all the scary faces embedded, the gigantic tree trunk it was partly made of and experienced the “intercultural experience“....very impressive singers!

Another first in this afternoon: I saw mangroves!!! super amazing trees in the river banks of the bay, having their roots stick out like 1001 spikes and let their seeds swim far away.

PS: The warm Scones with oranges and dates taste fantastic!Leggi altro
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Woah! The dish is bigger than I am says Donkey
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- 30 nov 2016
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 15 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Mangonui White Point -34.98967, 173.5289734°59’23” S 173°31’44” E
Giorno 4
Mangonui
30 novembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Donkey is super happy!!!
we had the best fish and chips (of NZ) here...super yammi! and another great beach, with trees near the water (A sub tropical “Amrum“).....wow.
It s a super tiny fisher village!

On the way we passed the first Missionar station in Kerikeri and the rainbow falls.
enjoy the pics B-)Leggi altro
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- 1 dic 2016, 20:21
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 3 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Ahipara Wairoa Stream -35.16062, 173.1640335°9’38” S 173°9’51” E
Giorno 5
Ahipara sunset
1 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Here is our night camp and after so much driving in curvy hilly streets I was longing not only for a car with gears (!!!), but also a good bed :-)

...still time for a nice walk to the (famous surfer) beach and take some sunset pics....Leggi altro
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- 1 dic 2016
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 201 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Cape Reinga -34.42923, 172.680734°25’45” S 172°40’51” E
Giorno 5
Meeting 2 Oceans
1 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Donkey is speechless!!!

we went up all the way North with promising sunny weather and few feather clouds.
At cape Reinga you have a stunning view on the Meeting point of the Pacific ocean and the Tasmanian sea. Waves break into eachother, mingle in colour and speed.....And humans (and donkeys) freeze in awe.....
The Maori belief that their spirits can go back home from this junction point in the world....
And the distances from here seem endless far, so why not into other worlds?

Bthw, it s great to be a hairy little donkey! other companions got some sunburn souvenirs -lolLeggi altro
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What's up, Donkey!?
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- 2 dic 2016
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitudine: 2 m
- Nuova Zelanda Northland Far North District Opononi Opononi Stream -35.50534, 173.3904235°30’19” S 173°23’26” E
Giorno 6
Sand Dunes and a lost dolphin
2 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Am I in a dessert?! Everything here is full and lush green, an overloaded vegetation with humming life....and than this: The sand dunes.
In the middle between green life and blue sea a wonderful yellow field strikes out.
No surprise, the Kiwis made a sport out of this too! Sand dune surfing!

We finally landed (no surfing) in Opononi, a cute village with the touching story of Opo the dolphin:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opo_(dolphin)

Also the fish and Chip shop here had a dolphin symbol....although that might a bit misleading?!!!

And a fantastic hotel with a balcony towards the bay made my day!Leggi altro
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- 3 dic 2016
- 🌙 -2 °C
- Altitudine: 127 m
- Nuova Zelanda Auckland Kopai Stream -35.64564, 173.5783535°38’44” S 173°34’42” E
Giorno 7
big BiG Trees...
3 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ 🌙 -2 °C
Today was a bit fresh *brrrr*...so I was hiding in the backpack while “walking“ through the Waipoua forest, ,which is full of big and old Kauri Trees.

When I saw the “Father of the forest“....I had to jump out....so super amazing!!! You can see mee in front of this gigantic tree ; 50m hight.

Later we went to many Kauri crafting Shops...dangerous terrain for the non-donkeys!!! But a lot of earings had to stay behind ;-)

I made some friends in the meantime: look at these two Lamas!
The curch (in the middle of a fantastic rose garden) was build completely out of this Kauri wood, making the surfaces shimmering red....ooohhLeggi altro
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- 4 dic 2016, 16:16
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitudine: 58 m
- Nuova Zelanda Waikato Matamata -37.81194, 175.7693437°48’43” S 175°46’10” E
Giorno 8
Tea Time
4 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Near Hamilton is the only Tea Plantage in NZ, it's named Zealong. It s a very smart Business idea and they export most of their production (Also to the German Teegschwender...that's how we heard about it).

It is all Oolong tea from a taiwan tee plant...and it tastes good :-)

After drinking liters of tea, we went on - Coming through Matamata, we at least stopped in “Hobbity„ , the marketing center for trips to Hobbiton. So Donkey could shot some pretense pics :-)

The area here around Matamata stills holds some amazing beauty places for free - like this double water fall in the mountains !!!Leggi altro
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- 5 dic 2016, 10:00
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 281 m
- Nuova Zelanda Bay of Plenty Rotorua -38.13515, 176.2515738°8’7” S 176°15’6” E
Giorno 9
Sulphor smell...
5 dicembre 2016, Nuova Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
in Rotorua!
Donkeys were not allowed :-( ....but I heard the Polynesian Spa was a fantastic experience!!!

Different hot pools, very smelly and super heslthy mineral water....aaaahhhhhhh....mhmh.

Later in the park I could enjoy first hand this smelly steams and blobbing muds! Uaaaaah!Leggi altro
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