One car - two girls: New Zealand II

Hey folks,

we are back again!! ;) Ok, so after our great night in the TV room we finally got to see the rugby match Canada vs. New Zealand! Of course we supported the All Blacks – New Zealand’s rugby team! Nevertheless, it has to be mentioned that the Canadians were incredible hot and we couldn’t stop to take pictures of them! ;)) In particular the one with the beard took our breath away. ;)) The match was not as exciting as we hoped, because New Zealand was already qualified for quarter finals and dominated the match. However, we had a really good time and the atmosphere was amazing!! The next day we left Wellington, escaping the terrible weather down there. Our next stop was Napier! As we spent just one night in Napier there is not a lot we can say about it. But the view was stunning and Hawk’s Bay is worth a visit! Leaving Napier, we headed up North to Rotorua. The funny thing was, we had the possibility to choose between two routes: one was the short one (2,5 hours) one was the long one (7 hours). Guess which one we have chosen???? ;) Right, we chose the long one. BUT we had no idea that it would take us seven hours to get there. Unfortunately, the streets were unsealed and reminded us a little bit of the streets that lead to the Stilfser Joch. So we were just able to drive a maximum of 30 km/h. So seven hours, one broken tire, no idea where the spare tire was and no reception later, we finally arrived in Rotorua – thanks to two Kiwis who stopped and changed the tire for us! 

 

Rotorua is famous for geothermal activity and geysers, so the whole city seems like burning. However, the smell is awful and two days later we left the town. But before we drove up North to the Coromandel Peninsula, we decided to do a horse trek. And it was just amazing. For two hours we were riding through the incredibly beautiful landscape of New Zealand. Remember: Das Glück dieser Erde, liegt auf dem Rücken der Pferde! ;)) (P.S. Monika’s ass is still hurting!!) 

 

Our last stop in New Zealand was Whitianga on the Coromandel Peninsula. From the very first moment we fell in love with this peninsula and in particular with Whitianga, a small town with a population of just 3500 people. We met some incredible nice people, saw amazing landscapes, climbed the Shakespeare’s cliffs, lost each other, met Mr. Tequilla, had bbq, watched rugby at Smitty’s Sports Bar and Grill, watched some great movies (which some of us didn’t understand), cuddled with the cat of our hostel, went to the hot water beach and tried so hard to get to the New Chums Beach, which was HIGHLY recommended by our Kiwi and German friends, but unfortunately it didn’t work out because of high tides. So in the end it was soooooooooooo good or a better way to describe it: it was FUCKING AWESOME!!!! =)))))

After we went back to Auckland and finally saw the ONE TREE HILL (no tree hill ;) ), we took the plane to the warm and sunny Cairns, where our first job was waiting for us!

New Zealand, maybe we will see you again!!!! ;)))

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One car – two girls: New Zealand I

A lot of things happened since our last update! This makes it difficult to know where to start… Ok, let’s first talk about our flight – that we almost missed!

The day we wanted to fly to New Zealand we got up early to fit all our stuff into our backpack, to have some really nice breakfast and then take the shuttle to airport to be there early enough. Somehow we managed it (please don’t ask how we got that distracted) to leave the hostel that late that we arrived at the airport 45 minutes before departure. Unfortunately we forgot that it was an international flight and that we were supposed to be there two hours in advance. Thus, when we arrived there, the gate was already closed. Only because of our incredible charm and our Italian accent we managed to convince the good-looking South American guy to open the gate for us. A few security checks later (which Monika tried to refuse with the great explanation that we are late and we need to get our plane) we got aboard facing an applauding crew. =)

Arriving in Auckland we were overwhelmed by the beauty of the city! After the long party nights in Sydney we used the time in Auckland to calm down and to relax a bit. The third day we rented an old Nissan Pulsar – the perfect car for us and left Auckland, driving down to Lake Taupo. After a few kilometers we got used to our automatic vehicle and to drive on the left side of the road. On the way to Lake Taupo we saw two hitch-hiking backpackers standing next to the street. So of course we stopped and turned around to give them a lift. However, because it all happened really fast instead of switching on the signals, we switched on the windscreen wipers (because they were on the wrong site) and drove on the right sight. Try to imagine the face of the two guys seeing us stopping next to them. It was hilarious! ;))) Nevertheless, they were brave enough to get into our car and we had a good time together at Lake Taupo. Monika and me did a sailing trip on Lake Taupo, something you should consider to do if you are in this area. Luckily, the weather was great and so we could take some really nice pictures of the Lake and the Huka Falls. 

In order to save some money we decided to sleep in the car – a decision we regret still today. First of all it was f***** cold and Monika got a really, really bad cold that night. Second, while driving around in the middle of the night to heat the car we realized that the name of the forest where we parked our car was called THE FOREST OF SCREAMS. We tried not do think of why this forest is called like this. At four o’clock in the morning we left the forest to drive down to Wellington because we had tickets for the Rugby match Canada vs. New Zealand. In Wellington we decided to sleep in a TV room of some random hostel - to save some money again. It worked great until 1 o’clock in the morning, when a guy came in and wanted to know our room number. Of course we had no room so he told us to leave. Because Monika felt really bad and it was raining like crazy outside we begged if we can stay in the TV room. Luckily, the guy felt really sorry for us and allowed us to stay in the TV room.

So far, so good! We will keep in touch!

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