Blogs from East Coast, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 6

This is the wildest place I've ever been, except Iceland maybe. The road goes round the coast, in the middle are mountains full of nothing. There are a few scattered villages round the coast, and a few shops, but no phone reception and no internet, no petrol just beautiful beaches with pounding surf and piles of driftwood - huge trees washed down the rivers to the beach. We took the 22km long, mostly unsealed, road along right beside the sea to visit the most easterly lighthouse in the world. Because of wind during the night, the surf was spraying up across the road, and the mist was low on the hills. Such atmosphere, I'll remember that day. Here are a few pictures from the drive round the cape. We have spent today in Gisborne, a lovely ... read more

took a boat to the island, an active volcano. It smelled of sulphur and lots of ash underfoot. hope the pics download.... read more

Hello everybody, I'm losing a bit the rhythm of writing my story in time. Last time a added pictures that should be in this entry. So it is a bit mixed up. Anyway, I'll try to cover the whole story uptill today! So last time, I ended the story at the 29th of december whem I was leaving for the east cape trip, with the main goal: the rythm and vines festival the 31st of december. So with a full bus, 11 people I think, we left. Jason the busdriver was a local Maori guy, so he knew all the little nice places, beaches and bays all over! The first day we arrived at in Pihi's place in Maraehako bay. A great backpackers right on the beach! We were there for ten minutes and immideatly jumped ... read more

Hello Menen, Gent, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Antwerpen, Leuven, Kaapstad, Cordoba (argentinie of toch bijna ;), Malaga, Roma, Barcelona, Innsbruck (mils),....and all the other I forgot! I wish you all a very happy New year! So..what happened after Auckland? On the 26th of december i left Auckland with the Straybus, wich was a relief again (because I hate Auckland). From there we left to Hahei. On my bus, we were only five people: two german girls, Marian from holland, Steph from USA and me.. and off course our very entertaining busdriver 'baggins'. Hahei is situated in the Cormandal region and has a really beautiful coastline with rocks shaped by the wind. We did a Sea-kayaking tour together with some people from Austria, we saw a mini-pinguin and our guide made coffee for us on the beach. At dinner, ... read more

George and Beb invited us to have a day at the beach with them today, and they took us on the east coast about half way between here and Paihia. Whananaki is famous for having the longest footbridge in the southern hemisphere - I just googled longest footbridge in the world, but it won't give a straight answer. the longest suspended bridge, paper bridge, bridge between 2 buildings!!!! Anyway, the photos speak for themselves, and my face feels as if its been to the seaside!!... read more