After the stunning Tongariro Crossing, I wanted to go to Mount Taranaki, another volcano. I drove there via a beautiful route through the North Island's countryside and coastline. Although we all know New Zealand by the high number of sheep, there are quite a lot of cows to be found here, too! After a few hours of driving, I arrived in New Plymouth, the biggest city of the region. From there, Mount Taranaki became visible. Still slightly covered in clouds, I could not make up its true shape yet. But I was driving along the south-west coast of the North Island, which runs around the mountain, so I was going to see it from pretty much every angle. As it got later in the day, I got to see more and more of the mountain, and
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