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    • Dag 140

      Lake Tekapo, Neuseeland

      27. februar 2017, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      Mit dem Bus ging es am nächsten Morgen weiter zum Lake Tekapo, wo Johanna und ich gerne eine Nacht geblieben wären, was aber leider nicht möglich war, da alle Hostels und Campingplätze ausgebucht waren.
      Der Bus hielt jedoch für eine Weile an, sodass wir uns die kleine Kirche am See und natürlich den See an sich anschauen konnten. Dass diese Kirche, mit solch einem traumhaften Ausblick, gerne für Hochzeiten genutzt wird, kann ich mir nur zu gut vorstellen.
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    • Dag 176

      Was für eine Farbe

      26. mars 2019, New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

      Lake Pukaki und Tekapo sind bekannt für ihre schöne blaue Farbe. Sieht das nicht toll aus? Sind ganz begeistert. 😄

      Gehen zu den Tekapo Springs mit einem schönen Blick auf den See und die Berge. 😊 Irgendwann als wir im heißen Pool entspannen fängt es an zu nieseln und dadurch entstehen zwei riesige Regenbögen vor uns. Wow ist das schön mit der Aussicht! 🏔️Les mer

    • Dag 58

      Lake Tekapo

      18. mars 2020, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

      Heute sind wir dann insgesamt 6 Stunden Auto gefahren, um an den Lake Tekapo zu kommen. 😅

      Die Hostels hier in der Gegend sind alle extrem teuer, deshalb haben wir beschlossen in Christchurch zu übernachten und nur einen Tagesausflug hier hin zu machen solange wir unser Auto noch haben 🤗Les mer

    • Dag 221

      Lake Tekapo

      16. november 2015, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      Endlich gehts los: Wir sind froh, dass wir endlich unsere Home Base verlassen können und unsere Reise um die Südinsel Neuseelands beginnen können. Unsere erste Zwischenstation ist der Lake Tekapo ca. 3 Autostunden von Christchurch entfernt. Fazit, toller See mit herrlicher Bergkulisse der Südlichen Alpen und das Wetter ist uns noch hold. Leider sind wir gesundheitlich ein wenig angeschlagen, aber wir beissen uns durch ;-)Les mer

    • Dag 78

      Neuseeland - Lake Tekapo

      9. mars 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      Wow...
      Als wir völlig unerwartet plötzlich diesen See auf unserem Weg vorfinden, muss ich erstmal eine Minute stehen und staunen.
      Ein Amerikaner, der kurze Zeit später anhält, nimmt mir die Worte aus dem Mund:
      "I think I have never seen anything as beautiful as this."
      Ich fürchte, die Fotos können die Schönheit dieses Ortes nicht wiedergeben...
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    • Dag 134

      Missing society

      2. september 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      Well I am in the last month of my contract. The rink will close in two short weeks and the tube park will close shortly after (basically when the snow melts, in this weather it seems like it will be sooner rather than later). This means it's time to start looking ahead to what I will do next.

      This past weekend I took advantage of having a friend down from Wellington so I went a nice little road trip to mount Cook which was outstanding and finally went into the hot pools at my work. It is better late than never.

      I spent the past two days being really proactive. I put my car here for sale, updated my cv, started to run once again and sent a few dozen applications to various positions inside Wellington. I don't know what it is with that city but I am really keen to return. Not sure if it is because of the people I met over there or if it is just that there are people there. I have been finding myself going to work on my days off because I need to see and talk to people. I guess that makes me more of an extrovert than I ever thought I was.

      Anyways, I will try to post semi more regularly for a bit at least to show that I am still alive.

      I miss you guys.
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    • Dag 144

      So little time

      12. september 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C

      75 days. It's been 75 days since I stated my contract here in Tekapo. It took me over two months doors learning that I have 20% off nearly any tourist attraction in the area, it could be anything from a helicopter tour, the earth and sky tour or even sky diving. I will try to do some of these things on my days off but that won't be easy. I spent 75 days mostly enjoying the nearby area and only went skiing once. That leaves me with only 18 days until my contract expires and between now and then I have to sell the car that I have here (i have been working on selling it to some coworkers but I don't know how that will go), trying to renew the registration of said car to make the sale go easier, find out a way out of this town, deciding whether or not I need to go to the dentist,and trying to find a job in Wellington as well as a place to live while I am there. All this in just over two weeks while trying to take advantage of this newly found discount. Busy schedule that will keep me busy when I am not working but doable.

      Side note, I still have yet to receive the package that my amazing friends from home sent me but I talked to the marketing person (which is when I learned about the discount...) and she told me that she would forward it to me in Wellington if they receive it after I leave. Whoo thank god that is one less thing to worry about.

      .....

      Late edit. I am hoping for some advice. Today I got two more calls for interviews both seem really promising but they were not willing to interview me through Skype. After a week and a half I have had 6 calls for interviews while my entire month in Wellington last time I had a grand total of 0. I am starting to wonder if I should just cut my loses here and head up to Wellington early. I spoke to my manager and she told me that she would be fine with it (but I would lose my bonus) and she is willing to give me a good reference. What do you guys (the three of you that actually read this) think? I keep flip flopping on what to do. I need to make a decision by tomorrow night.
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    • Dag 150

      Need to focus

      18. september 2016, New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 15 °C

      So these past few days have been interesting and quite a bit has happened. After talking on the phone with a few companies who wanted to have interviews with me on friday I seriously considered flying to Wellington to try a get one of the jobs. After much debate, I decided to stay here in the South Island to save some money and enjoy the sights that I will be missing out of in about two weeks. So on Thursday I decided to drive down to Wanaka with one of my awesome coworkers. On my way there I started to feel something funky with the car so I pull over and realise that my tire blew. Luckily we had left quite early in the morning and between the two of us we got back on the road and got a new tired withing an hour before continuing our road trip. We really lucked out that the closest town was two minute drive away and they had a garage that was able to help us right away. In Wanaka we took some amazing pictures, enjoyed seeing people and SIDEWALKS! Basically things that we don't have here in Tekapo. We did some Kayaking and also some rock climbing.

      Friday, I wanted to stay in and get my stuff together but I got a call from my old roommate Jesse and he wanted to do a little road trip out of Tekapo so I decided to go back to Wanaka yet again! On our way over we noticed a hitchhiker so we did what anyone would do and picked them up. They were heading to Queenstown (which is about an hour from Wanaka) so we told them that we would drop them off in Wanaka. By the time we got there, they decided to stay in Wanaka for a couple nights instead of going to Queenstown because it is so beautiful there. With Jesse we had a couple drinks then enjoyed the beach and went rock climbing. I am absolutely shit at it but it is something new that I would never try at home because of the whole terrified of heights thing. I'm slowly learning to face that fear and I think I may have gained a new hobby, I just need to learn how to trust my buddy which has been the hardest part so far.

      Yesterday morning I finally a lot of the things that I wanted to do done. I booked my flight out of this town, tried to push my car onto some of my coworkers who had told me they were interested, attempted to convince a few people to drive me to the airport on my flight date and booked a room in the hostel for the weekend that I arrive from Tekapo. Unfortunately I didn't quite have the will power to get to applying to jobs or cooking my meals for the week so that will have to wait until today after work.

      Quick side note, its now been three straight days that I have slept less than three hours and other than climbing and throwing people off the tube park that I haven't worked out. I am not sure if it has anything to do with it but I will see how it goes. Last day of the ice rink today, I am off to open it for the last time this season. I'll try to get some pictures of me on the rink before it closes down.
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    • Dag 18

      Lake Tekapo - Tag 16

      22. november 2016, New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Weiter geht's zum Lake Tekapo. Der schimmert in einem genau so tollen Türkis, bietet aber mit den rosa und lilafarbenen Lupinen am Ufer ein noch herrlicheres Farbspiel. Auch die Church of good Shepard die direkt am Ufer liegt schauen wir uns kurz an, ist es doch die meistfotografierte Kirche Neuseelands. nun werden wir die letzten 3:30 Fahrtstrecke ohne größere Stopps hinter uns bringen, um Nicht zu spät auf dem Campingplatz anzukommen. Die Landschaft und das Wetter sind einfach atemberaubend schön, so dass wir die Fahrt wirklich genießen können.Les mer

    • Dag 32

      Manapouri - Lake Tekapo

      2. februar 2017, New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

      Nach Manapouri zog es uns Richtung Queenstown, welches sehr touristisch aber sehr schön ist, vergleichbar mit Interlaken. Dort machten wir eine gemütliche Wanderung auf den Queenstown Hill um von dort das Panorama zu geniessen.☺ Weiter nach Wanaka und entlich etwas schönes Wetter!🌞 Am Pukaki Lake hatten wir einen herrlichen Tag, jedoch mussten wir eine stürmische Nacht über uns ergehen lassen. Kaputt in Tekapo angekommen fanden wir einen gemütlichen Schlafplatz in einem grossen Zelt und entschieden uns promt für drei Nächte zu bleiben. Wir nutzten dort auch noch die Gelegenheit die wunderbare Landschaft auf einem Pferderücken zu geniessen.🐴Les mer

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