Steffi in NZ

Time to say good bye! Not to New Zealand but I had to say good bye to a lots of friends the last weeks and I have to say good bye to my loved PAUL soon! And at least to my Adidas shoes …

 

Well I made a lot of stuff over the last few weeks: I went surfing in Raglan, worked in a shitwhole of hostel in Thames, organized my parents holidays, met Amy again, went on a roadtrip Far North and ended finally back in Auckland to sell Paul.

 

After my Tongariro adventure I drove to New Plymouth via the Surf Highway and wanted to hike up Mt Taranaki – unfortunately there was too much snow on it, so I couldn’t hike up there. Instead of hiking I spent two days in New Plymouth in the library and used the free WiFi to organize my parents’ holidays in New Zealand.

 

After that I made my way up to Raglan and met some friends from Wanaka to celebrate Evans birthday and Danis and Daz leaving party. Raglan was really nice and chilled out. I went surfing – the first time in my life and it wasn’t too bad. I thought I’m without any talent but it worked - I really could stand on that thing and ride a wave – but snow is still my element and I can’t wait until February when I go skiing again!!!
Finally we had to say good bye to Dani and Daz, they went back home to England – but I’ll hopefully see Daz again – next winter season in Wanaka – wohoo!

 

During my week in Raglan I got a job offer in Thames, Coromandel to clean in a hostel for accommodation, which is a good thing to save some money. I went up there and the hostel itself was alright, but the two managers (mother and son) were really grumpy and have no idea what customer service is. I decided I can’t stay there for two weeks and left after a week. The manager was not really happy about that, but I don’t give a sh** on that. Even a lots of the guests said, the managers are not very nice and helpful!

 

I decided to drive up to Auckland and lucky me, Amy came to Auckland too. She decided to fly home before Christmas, so we met up in Auckland and bumped into Evan – not on purpose. He was leaving the next day, so it was another time of saying good bye to somebody!

 

Amies flight was a week later so we decided to go on our last roadtrip together and travel around the Northland and the Bay of Island. It’s beautiful up there and the beaches are awesome. We went to Paihia and Russell, and drove up to the 90 mile beach and Cape Reinga. We also went sandboarding or better sand – sliding on the giant dune of Te Paki – great fun! The weather was just perfect and I really enjoyed the last week with Amy!

 

Monday was time to say good bye again – Amy left! After we spent six months together we finally had to say good bye – it was really sad. We lived together for almost five months in Wanaka and went together on a roadtrip around the South Island, we met each other in Raglan again and finally travelled together around Northland and the Bay of Island. We became really good friends and hopefully we’ll see each other again somewhere in the UK or Canada or Germany or on one of the skifields in Europe or …TAKE CARE AMY and I wish u a lots of fun in Canada next year!!! Miss ya!

 

Now it’s time for me to sell my loved PAUL! We had our ups and downs but I really would love to keep him. He brought me around the South Island three times, he drove up to Treble Cone, Cardrona, Mt Hutt and the Remarkables, he went with me to the North Island without gettin’ sea sick, he enjoyed with me the last 10 month in New Zealand and he never left me in the lurch!

 

I’ll stay until the 21st in Auckland and went already from hostel to hostel to put my flyer on the notice boards and I’ll go to the backpacker car market next Wednesday. Well perhaps I’m lucky and can sell him soon, so I can go to Waiheke Island and do more stuff around Auckland – Auckland itself is a shitwhole to be honest… And when I sold him I can effort to buy a ticket on the street for the Green Day concert in Auckland And finally I can effort to buy some new shoes. I have to say good bye to my Adidas shoes too. They die and I can’t stop them from doing so. I duct-tape them every week, but they’re almost dead – that’s really sad after that long time (seven years) and a loooots of km we managed together… I hope I can find a good replacement for them!

 

Now I’m very excited to see my parents on the 21st of December again and show them all the awesome places I have been to during the last ten months. Can’t wait to see them again and pick them up at the airport with our rental car for the last month I’m in New Zealand for – it’s a Ford Focus – *haha* a Ford again, back to the roots By the way – I hope the new owner of my loved little KA treats him well…

 

So that’s all so far – enjoy the snow at home everyone!!! I’m jealous!

 

C u later!
STEF

 

Happy Birthday Bro, Dad, Heike and Steffen – hope you guys have/had good days!

 

Here are some pictures!

 

Raglan: Evans 30 B-day!

 

 

Birthday Kayaking

 

My personal presents for Evan - a balloon portrait and a balloon whore

 

Roadtrippin’ Far North

 

Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa

 

Matauri Bay

 

Russell

 

 

 

 

Cape Reinga

 

 

 

Sandboarding

 

 

 

Lunch after sand boarding - hangi in a pie - yumm!

 

90 Mile beach

 

 

 

 

Our hostel in Ahipara at the beginning of 90 mile beach and me balance boarding

 

World famous Mangonui Fish Shop - yummy

 

 

Big trees - Waipoua Kauri Forest

 

 

 

Paul and Amy

 

 

My shoes before and after duct-taping session

 

Before

 

After - who needs to buy some shoes when you’ve got some duct tape?

 

 

And now the German short version

 

Die Beiträge werden immer länger….

 

Was hab ich die letzten Wochen so gemacht? Ich war surfen in Raglan, hab in einem Hostel in Thames gearbeitet, hab mich mit Amy in Auckland wieder getroffen und wir sind zusammen das letzte mal auf einen Roadtrip Far North gegangen.

 

Ich bin nach dem Tongariro Alpine Crossing nach New Plymouth gefahren und wollte eigentlich auf den Mt Taranaki wandern – leider war zu viel Schnee dort, so dass sich das Abenteuer erledigt hat. Stattdessen hab ich mich zwei Tage lang intensiv mit der Urlaubsplanung meiner Eltern beschäftigt – was bei Regen und freiem Internet in der Bibliothek ein guter Zeitvertreib ist.

 

Danach bin ich nach Raglan gefahren um Freude aus meiner Zeit in Wanaka wieder zu treffen. Wir feierten Evans 30isten und Dani und Daz Farwell-Party. In Raglan bin ich das erste mal dann auch Surfen gewesen – großes Kino und gar nicht so schwer als ich gedacht hab. Ich konnte nach ein paar Versuchen auf dem Brett stehen und eine Welle reiten, dabei hab ich aber mindestens 3 Liter Salzwasser geschluckt. Schnee ist halt doch mehr mein Element und ich kann’s kaum erwarten, wenn ich im Februar wieder daheim bin und Skifahren gehen kann – wär hätt’s gedacht, aber ich vermiss das Skifahren wirklich!

 

Nach Raglan gings für mich nach Thames, wo ich eine Woche in einem Hostel für mein Zimmer gearbeitet hab. Das Hostel ansich war ganz ok, aber die Besitzer warne total griesgrämig und unfreundlich – sogar zu den Gästen.

 

Zum Glück hat Amy beschlossen früher nach Hause zufliegen, so dass wir uns in Auckland getroffen haben und zusammen das letzte mal auf einen gemeinsamen Roadtrip Far North gegangen sind. Es war einfach super und die Gegend ist das beste, was ich bisher auf der Nordinsel gesehen habe. Wir waren Sandboarden bzw. Schlittenfahren auf einer Düne und haben wunderschöne Strände gesehen. Wir waren am nördlichsten Ende von NZ, dem Cape Reinga und haben in einem wunderschönen Hostel am Anfang des 90 Mile Beach gewohnt.
Leider ist Amy am Montag nach Hause geflogen und nach einem tränenreichen Abschied am Flughafen heißt es für mich jetzt Auto verkaufen.
Ich werde die nächsten zwei Wochen in Auckland verbringen und versuchen meinen Paul zu verkaufen. Ich hoffe das gelingt mir bald, da ich absolut pleite bin und nicht unbedingt zwei Wochen in AUK City verbringen möchten – ist halt ne Großstadt wie überall…

 

In zwei Wochen kommen meine Eltern und ich kann’s kaum erwarten sie wieder zu sehen! Unsere Rundreise ist so gut wie komplett organisiert und ich werd sie am 21.12. mit unserem Mietwagen – Ford Focus- abholen.

 

So das war’s soweit!

 

Genießt den Schnee – ich beneide Euch dafür!!!

 

STEF

 

PS: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag: Andreas, Papa, Heike und Steffen!

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