Mt.Egmont New Plymouth

Ja het paste allemaal niet meer in een blog :) dus heb ik het leven als campervanner en waar we allemaal naar toe gaan even opgesplitst. Ik heb de eerste week maar een beetje samengevat omdat we zoveel verplaatsen en kort verblijven dat een samenvatting denk ik beter werkt.

Toen we onze campervan gingen ophalen wisten we zelf nog niet zo …

Pa torsdagen den 10 maj plockade vi upp tva liftare nar vi lamnade Wanganui. Ett par fran Belgien som hade stannat pa samma hostel som oss. De skulle aka samma vag som oss sa det passade ju bra. Och det gjorde inget att vi gjorde nagra stop pa vagen, da jag ville aka forbi Kai Iwi beach innan vi akte vidare. Vi akte pa surf45 hela vagen till New …

After a chilly night, also a very chilly morning was following. I survived this night and made myself ready for Mt. Taranaki. Unfortunately the sky was very cloudy and on my way to the Dawson Falls Visitor Center, already on the hillsides of Mt. Taranaki, it started to rain. I reached the visitor center at around 9:00 a.m. and was waiting in the …

... through Tussock Grass and and Desert but we had a constant 65km/h head wind which slowed progress a little. We are now in New Plymouth and tomorrow, all being well, we'll be climbing Mt Taranaki/Mt Egmont, which should be awesome! Ta ra for now ...

Bij ons vertrek uit New Plymouth rijden we eerst naar Mt Egmont. Die was gisteren niet te zien door de bewolking. Omdat het nu ook al bewolkt is, maken we al vast een foto op de weg er naar toe. Dat was achteraf een goede keuze. Eenmaal aan de voet van ...

We are now in New Plymouth and have just driven past Mt Egmont, also known as Mt Taranaki.... this is sometimes used in films as a stand in for Mt Fuji... at the moment though it doesnt have much snow on it - we got a very good look at it on the way ...

... the Brits were first colonizing New Zealand young single women got free passage! On the second of April we headed to New Plymouth, a 6.5 hour bus ride (thank goodness for a book!) and crawled to the closest backpackers, the Sunflower Lodge and lucked ...

... Niels og Jens til foden af Mt Taranaki, som de ville bestige (mere om den tur senere). Vi andre tog i stedet ind til selve New Plymouth, hvor Jan og Anne gik shop-amok i en butik med friluftsudstyr: Katmandu. Der var nu ogsaa mange laekre ting og der ...

... eine Weile verschwunden sind. Vielleicht kann mir das mal jemand beantworten????????? Die letzten Abende waren auch ganz nett. Im Hostel in New Plymouth gab es sehr bequeme Sessel und einen grossen TV. Und einen Kater, der es sich gerne auf meinem Schoss ...

mir si im taranaki gebiet, wo dr vulkan mt. egmont isch! geschter si mir doert ga wandere und dr michu isch sogar bis zur spitze ufe! das isch auso e stotzegi aglegeheit ...

... ;briefly out of the clouds.. Stunning!. We continued north along the Surf highway stopping briefly at Cape Egmont lighthouse (the most westerly point in New Zealand), although we got lost trying to get there and ended up driving past it a couple of ...

... with its black volcanic beaches. Neat! Neither one of us had seen black beaches before. Approaching New Plymouth allowed us to stare at Mount Egmont, a dormant volcano. Anyone who'd never seen a volcano would instantly recognize this mountain as ...

... . Ruapehu and head across west to the warmer and sunnier coast. We made our way this time to New Plymouth. This is dominated by Mt. Egmont or Taranaki, another dramatic Volcano which we considered we might climb if the weather allowed. Our ...