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The last beach in New Zealand

Great Eastern Journey, Thu, 07 Mar 13
Simon at a Sea in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

Since it’s my last day on the road, I decided to spend some time on the beach – I won’t really have a chance to do that again probably until the end of the trip, and definitely not without staying …

Very thermal

Great Eastern Journey, Wed, 06 Mar 13
Simon at a Park in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

  Rotorua! Volcanoes rock! Yesterday was, as some locals told me, cold – 19 degrees. I went to the Waimangu Volcanic site to check out one of the youngest thermal areas on Earth. In 1886 the eruption of and around …

Empty places

Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 04 Mar 13
Simon at a Sauna/Baths, Sea in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

View of Wairoa Breakfast on a hill, as is tradition Everything hurts… What a perfect time for a spa! Fortunately there are tons around, just pick a road. After a breakfast on a hill (this has become a theme, I’m …

Unexpected trek

Great Eastern Journey, Mon, 04 Mar 13
Simon at a Forest, Lake in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

Walls of green Technically, it’s a highway I`m writing today, so something clearly didn’t go as planned. I woke up and left Taupo at 6am, when it was still dark. The trees and hills tricked me from seeing the sunrise, …

Falls and springs

Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 02 Mar 13
Simon at a Lake, Waterfall in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

Moving on: Taupo. When I arrived it turned out that some bicycle race is talking place and half the town is closed off. I couldn’t get down to the lake, but a couple helpful people pointed me to an alternative: …

Glowworm Caves

Great Eastern Journey, Sat, 02 Mar 13
Simon at a Cave in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

OK, so everything today was awesome. New Zealand is beautiful!!! First, the caves. Waitomo is the largest cave complex in NZ, and even though only is small part is available to the public, it’s still huge. I went to all …

On the road

Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 01 Mar 13
Simon at a City in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

Today stated off slow – I went to see the downtown with the goth guy whose name I don’t remember anymore. To be honest, I`m not terribly impressed with this part of the city. Lots of boring big buildings with …

Boats, hills and acrobatics

Great Eastern Journey, Fri, 01 Mar 13
Simon at a City, Sea in Australia & Oceania, New Zealand

Auckland is awesome! Within the first few hours here I was on a boat, on a hill, in a tunnel, among villas, and at an acrobatics-burlesque show. But all in order. I arrived a bit late so instead of going …