Station Lodge Ohakune

... so tauchte d** pfad nach kurz** suche wied** auf. Das hingegen war dann ein ziemliches glücksgefühl :O) die restlichen gut drei stunden d** wand**ung hörte ich nur noch wenig musik, ich bevorzugte das unt**haltsame hörspiel von lord of the rings, welches ja p**fekt in diese gegend passt. Pausen legte ich keine ein, zu knapp war die zeit und einen halben kilomet** vor dem ziel (zehn minuten bevor d** bus losfuhr) holte ich doch tatsächlich meine gruppe wied** ein. Die üb** 1000 ...

... back or shout or scream. I will though never go there again. Though this is mainly because I’m on the final leg, the homeward run and may never come to Wellington again but still even with no chance of repeat business, seriously why the L & T.
In fact I’ve said good bye to the south island and in a way I’m on my way home. It was it’s normally stunning self as I drove up from Hammer springs and ...

... was still pretty straight forwards and continued. Just short of the final climb we came to a flat snow and ice covered area which looked almost like a lake and had our training in crampon walking and ice axe use. And off we crunched up the final climb to the top. All the time the views around us were just spectacular with the distant snow-capped peak of Mount Taranaki visible above the cloud (this was the mountain used as Mount Fiji in The ...

... in.

So, we found a guide called Stuart who was taking a small group up the next day and agreed to tag along. Now, going up mountains with groups is a particular pet hate of mine, there's always someone who cannot even manage a flight of stairs without stopping to replenish their donut count.

This group of eight had its fair share of annoying people including the Irish girl who swore like a trooper and could not catch her breath due to the ...

... of what could've been today in Tongariro. The way back up the hill is painful and draining. Not helped by the busy road - with trucks and mad New Zealand drivers. Back alive - I get into the shower and relax with a pint and dinner. Early night after that - set for the trip to Wellington the next day - which is on the south of the North Island. Ready to cross over to the much lauded South Island. Will wait and see. On my iPod Galway Girl - Mundy

... Mount Ruapehu took a chair lift ride up to the mountain and took photo's of the views. The we drove all the way around Mount Ruapehu and back to Taupo. Would like to go back to Mount Ruapehu in winter when it will be covered in snow and maybe have a go at Skiing. www.mtruapehu.com

... Zwischendurch stuerzen immer wieder kleine Seitenbaeche in Wasserfaellen in den Whanganui River. Heute sind auch noch 38 Kilometer zu bewaeltigen. Die meisste Zeit muss nicht viel gepaddelt werden, da der Fluss noch ganz gut fliesst, ausserdem ist er hier am oberen Lauf immer wieder mit Stromschnellen gespickt, die das Fahren schneller und ein bisschen aufregend machen. Man muss schon bei jeder Stromschnelle ganz gut navigieren und schauen wo ...

... zpet do Asie – sprcha plna ruznych breberek a plisne, tapla voda netekla atd., ale jinak hned pod kempem tekla reka a nad ni se tycily celkem obdivuhodne utesy, takze se nam tam nakonec docela libilo.

Rano nas cekal brzky start a kolem poledne jsme konecne dorazili do vesnice Whakapapa, ktera se stala nasi zakladnou pro zkoumani Tongarira. Tongariro NP je jednoznacne jednim z nejoblibenejsich mist na NZ, je to tu sama sopka a nektere kreace prirody byly ...

... into the Geyser to mix up the temperature of water and gases, the eruption last for up to an hour and water reaches up to 20 metres high. Nonetheless, it was done very well and was good to see. It was at this point that the return of the dreaded Japanese tourists happened - they appeared out of nowhere and caused the usual frustrations of standing up in everyone's way and just being annoying with ...

... a lower mountain pass (beginners with one intermediate slope) whilst Emmet went for the full mountain one, which meant he could access all the slopes, even the advanced ones. I should have just given the intermediate slope a bash straight away, but erring on the side of caution like the fool I am, I went back to the beginners slope. The slope was really icey, which made it alot more difficult to stay on your board. All my previous days progress was ...