New Zealand part II
After leaving Mt. Manganui we we made our way through the Waikato area which is known for it's green hilled, sheep filled landscape with rivers and gorges cutting through. And as the landscape already implies we took the time to visit Hobbinton. One of the few things on the bucket list that I have never been able to effort so far.
Expectations were high so was the frustration level with the masses of tourists been carried around on and off the premise. But the very detailed and beautiful built hobbit holes were so stunning that we forgot about the large groups that were moved around in a 10 minute intervall. But see for yourself.
We went to the highest waterfall of the north island after the walk in the (hobbit-) parc. I walked across half melted concrete and had so much tar on my feet that I went up and down the slippery and muddy slopes barefoot. Seems like I'm becomming a bit of a kiwi already.
The spend the next days in Taupo and relaxed a bit. The forecast for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing looked horrible, so we slept in. Only to wake up to beautiful sunny sky and even seeing that perticular mountain ridge from the lake.
So after a breakfast we slowly moved closer and by the time we got there around 1 pm it was still sunny with clouds but a bit windy. I decided to put my hiking shoes on (no, no boots available) and started walking always having an eye for the well known fragile weather conditions in this area.
After climbing almost to the top it got so damn windy that I attempted to turn around about 3 times, but made it to the top where you can see the crater lakes to take some pics before I went back down again instead of all the way through to the other side.
We slept in a close by lodge for the night enjoying a hot shower after quite a while in lakes and rivers and Robert picked up a bus to Wellington in Wanganui. That's it for our shared travels so far, but not the end of it.
We went to the highest waterfall of the north island after the walk in the (hobbit-) parc. I walked across half melted concrete and had so much tar on my feet that I went up and down the slippery and muddy slopes barefoot. Seems like I'm becomming a bit of a kiwi already.
The spend the next days in Taupo and relaxed a bit. The forecast for the Tongariro Alpine Crossing looked horrible, so we slept in. Only to wake up to beautiful sunny sky and even seeing that perticular mountain ridge from the lake.
So after a breakfast we slowly moved closer and by the time we got there around 1 pm it was still sunny with clouds but a bit windy. I decided to put my hiking shoes on (no, no boots available) and started walking always having an eye for the well known fragile weather conditions in this area.
After climbing almost to the top it got so damn windy that I attempted to turn around about 3 times, but made it to the top where you can see the crater lakes to take some pics before I went back down again instead of all the way through to the other side.
We slept in a close by lodge for the night enjoying a hot shower after quite a while in lakes and rivers and Robert picked up a bus to Wellington in Wanganui. That's it for our shared travels so far, but not the end of it.
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