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Published: November 13th 2008
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Waking up in proper bed was rather nice, as Paul had to leave early for work, it was early start for me and Buddy too. As I left Paul's, not that far down his road I have found this free hot bath pools, ...sweet. I was so lovely and hot... nice start to a day...
Once I have arrived in Whakatane unfortunately found out that swimming with dolphins is out of question. So I just went to a lovely look out point. Buddy was still very timid and not sure of himself, we had lunch, man never feed dog bake beans and eggs... I am telling you... Managed to have cuppa with this old boy who has stopped where I was, I actually not really sure why he stopped, but we had a lovely chat. I have also received a phone call from one of the services I have applied for job, they wanted me to come for interview on Friday.... yea I'll be there... so it meant I had to be up north in 4 days... no point to go down south.... OK lets drive along the east coast...
Again it was very pleasant drive, first night we have
stop at Waihau Bay I have found lovely spot next to the beach, hidden from the main road, had dinner with Buddy - although I decided can not be feeding him my food anymore, as it is not only health hazard to him but to me as well... did not fancy die of suffocating on his smelly farts...
Next day we have managed to drive through Urewera NP, which was one of the most challenging drives I have done so far, gravel winding roads, sharp turns, up and down. I knew it will be quite hard to find a place to park for the night as we where in NP, however we have managed to find out free camp site where you could even have your own fire.... now my survivors skills come to test... damp wood...lets see what I am made off.... firestarter.... I am the firestarter.
I was not the only one who tried to make fire, there was a young couple, who most probably had anniversary of some sort, well the champagne and glasses kind of give them away.... I did not want to disturb then so just minded my own business started fire, had a wash
in freezing stream, cooked my dinner..... Once got dark I have notices no light from the lovers side,I went to ask if they are OK and managed to cook their dinner,....I have invited them to cook their food on my fire... and had a beer and little chat...
Next morning I have woke up at sparrows fart and took off, before they got up, at least this way they will have some more privacy... we all know how noise travels trough the night don't we... although when I sleep I sleep... nothing wakes me up...
I have found myself around Rotorura again, and I've red in "The Bible - Lonely planet ", there should be free hot creak, nice hot bath first in a morning sounded lovely.... and there was no one around... skinny dipping ... hurray... what more do you need...
What else is there to do?...before I have to head back to Dargaville?... Not much... OK ... might as well try to make it by the end of the day, so can have one whole day to relax before I have to be in Whangarei for the interview...
I have made it to Dargaville by the late
evening, and it looked like the hell broke loose, it was raining so heavily that has limited my driving.. only a bit though...:o)
Vyspana do ruzova, a proto brzske vstavani me vubec nevadilo, Paul musel jit brzy rano do prace. Cestou od Paula jsem narazila na horke lazne, ktere byly zadara,.. parada. Rani horka koupel... skvely zacatek dne...
Kdyz jsem prijela do Whakatane, bohuzel plavani z delfiny se nekonalo. Neva vsak bude sance jinde. Jeli jsme na peknou vyhlidku. Buddy byl stale velmi plachy, daly jsme si obed, dejte na mou radu, nekrmte psa vajicky a fazolemi...
Dali jsme si caj s jednym starsim panem, ktery zastavil, ani nevim proc, ale dobre jsme si splkli... a zavolali me z organizace, kde jsem zadala o praci, zda bych mohla prijit na pohovor v patek.... samozrejme, budu tam... takze mam 4dny nez budu muset zpet na sever... takze "Smer Jih" se nekona... OK tak pojedeme na vychodni pobrezi....
Byla to skvela projizdka, prvni noc jsme zastavili v Waihau Bay, nasli jsme si skvele mistecko, na pobrezi mimo dohled z hlavni cesty, navecereli jsme se, a dosla jsem k rozhodnuti, ze nemuzu krmit Buddyho stejnym jidlem jako ja, nejenom, ze
je to ublizeni jeho zdravi, ale zaroven meho, nechtela jsem umrit na uduseni jeho prdy...
Druhy den jsme projeli Urewara narodnim parkem, coz byla jedna z nejtezsich jizd, sterk neni muj nejlepsi kamarad, a jeste kdyz jsou cesty nahoru a dolu, ostre zatacky, no ale zvladla jsem to. Bylo me jasne, ze najit mistecko na spani nebude dvakrat lehke. Ale meli jsme stesti, narazili jsme na taboriste, ktere bylo zadarmo, Buddy nikomu nevadil a mohla jsme rozdelat ohen, hned u reky,no parada. Mokre drevo, hmm to neni dvakrat nejlepsi na ohen, ale co ja to zvladnu, prece jsem devucha s vesnice....
Nebyla jsem jediny, ktery se snazil dokazat sve schopnosti o preziti. V taboristi byl jeden mlady par, ktery pravdepodobne oslavoval sve vyroci. Nechtela jsem je rusit, tak jsem je nechala se dusit, do slova, nejak jim ten ohinek nechtel horet. Nakonec jsem je pozvala k sobe, aby si alespon uvarili.
Rano jsem byla ranni ptace a vyrazila jsem velmi brzy, bylo to super, akorat se zvedala mlha nad lesem a slunicko prosvitalo stromy, nadhera. A take jsem si rekla, ze dam mlademu paru sanci na trosku soukromi, vsichni vime jak jde v noci jde vse slyset, i kdyz Ja
kdyz spim tak spim.... nevzbudi me nic....
No a zase v Rotorure, a po vcerejsi ledove koupeli v rece, jsem si rekla, ze by nezaskodilo si dat horkou koupel..... no a ma moudra kniha - Lonely Planet, me poradila kam jit. Nemohla jsem tomu verit, nikde ani noha... tak na Evu..... super, horka koupel... v lese... co vic clovek potrebuje ke stesti...
Protoze jsem mela pohovor v patek, a byla streda, tak jsem si rekla, ze to strihnu rovnou na horu do Dargavillu, a dam si den pauzu. Cesta nebyla dvakrat prijemna, docela nuda, nemam rada dalnice, a jeste k tomu prselo, kdyby to, ale primo chcalo...
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