So basically my trip has come to an end here in NZ. I have just one more full day and then I fly back to Australia. It’s quite sad to think that I might never see anyone of these lovely people I’ve travelled with ever again but at the same time it’s great to think […]
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Kaikoura
by Bertha on 16. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Pictures
yesterday, Ayako, Juuso, Xavier and I rented bikes and rode around the little town of Kaikoura. It was great fun. We saw seals at the pennisula and almost got trapped out in the sea cuz the tide was coming in while we were wandering the low lying areas. we also biked up a hellish hill […]
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in lieu of entries…
by Bertha on 14. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005, Pictures
since I haven’t been able to recover the lost entries, here’s some pics on the Milford Sound cruise View from my hostel in Wanaka Obrie, myself and Joci on Halloween in Franz Josef. I think Joci was supposed to be a vampire like Obrie but I thought she was a hooker… hahaha. Maybe she just […]
Christchurch
by Bertha on 14. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
I don’t know what happened but I’ve just noticed that the blog didn’t update my last couple of entries. So I’ve been in christchurch the last few days of my trip here and I went travelling around the city. One day I went bouldering, one day I went punting on the river for free, and […]
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Sledging in Q-town
by Bertha on 06. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Got up early, early, EARLY for this one. only an 8am start but getting up at 7am every morning when it’s supposed to be a “holiday” travel or whatever seems wront. I get up almost 7 days a week at that time! Anyways, the river was +6C. Needless to say, we got wetsuits. the nice […]
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Milford Sound
by Bertha on 05. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
So, yesterday and today I spent the day with 4 of the closest friends I’ve made on the trip so far and we all rented a car to go to milford sound because all the tour operators only offer day trips which means a total of 10 hours of driving in one day!!! It was […]
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Trapped in a Cravasse
by Bertha on 01. Nov, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Today I went on a full day hike of the Franz Joseph Glacier. It is one of the fastest moving and lowest glaciers in the world. It can move about 1m a day!! Other glaciers move 1m a year. Suited all up I went in the “confident group” that had about 20 people 30 people […]
Nelson
by Bertha on 31. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Yesterday, I wanted to make my own bone carving but the studio isn’t open on the weekend. So I went to the weekend market in town and found a 10.00 bone carving I liked and bought it! It was a pretty chill night but we(Obrie, and Xavier, a Frenchman) went out for a couple of […]
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Abel Tasman Trail
by Bertha on 28. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Way easier than Tongariro but still very long and had it’s challenging parts as well. This was 11 km and 6 hours. Had a 45 minute lunch break at a beach though. The waters were crystal clear, aqua blue which kinda implied warmth but it is very deceiving because it is ice cold! The trail […]
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Wellington Planetarium
by Bertha on 27. Oct, 2005 in New Zealand 2005
Yesterday I went to the really cool cable car and took a ride up to the top of the lookout there where there is a botanical gardens and a planetarium. The botanical gardens were quite beautiful although I didn’t get to see it all since I wanted to do the planetarium show. I was the […]
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