Blogs from Cape Reinga, Northland, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania - page 3

Die Fahrt zum Cap Reinga führte uns heute zum äußersten Zipfel im Norden Neuseelands. Nach einer alten Legende der Maoris, sollen die Seelen der Verstorbenen entlang des Ninety Mile Beachs bis zum Cap Reinga wandern. Dort wartet ein Geist auf die Seelen und überführt diese in das sagenumwobene Hawaiki. An diesem Cap treffen die türkise Tasman Sea und der blaue Pazifik aufeinander. Dies führte zu tollen Farbspielen, die wir vom Leuchtturm aus betrachten konnten. Auf einer kleinen Wanderung zum Strand der Tasman Sea, konnten wir noch die gewaltigen Wellen beobachten und noch etwas verweilen. Der Rückweg führte uns noch zu den Sanddünen von Te Paki. Die Sanddünen können hier eine Höhe von bis zu 150m Meter erreichen. Zu Fuß machten wir uns auf den Weg und erklommen die Ersten kleinen Dünen. Vor uns türmten sich nun ... read more

Pulled up well this morning but only gunna head to Kaitaia with is 50ks north. 20ks into it i ran in to an older couple heading south to wellinton they stared at the cape a few days ago. They were 70YO and retiard and were going really well and looked great. They opted to stay in backpacks But still had alot of gear at least 10kg. Once again i was off to Kaitaia. I stoped to check the bike over breaks wernt felling right, its at that point i forgot one of the most inportent spares. Break pads!!! I had blows throug me first pair already. All i could do is swap front to back and take it easy and hope theres a bike shop in Kaitaia. When i got there firt things i did was ... read more

The Great Sights bus picked me up at 7:25 a.m., and I was off to Cape Reinga. To my surprise, the bus was completely full. I was very lucky in my seatmate, a petite Japanese woman who was very nice about the fact that I was taking up part of her seat. It meant that I had to hold the pizza bag on my lap, but that helped to brace my shoulder, which turned out to be a very good thing. Our driver was Maori, and he sang us a song of welcome as we began our trip. It was odd; occasionally, as when he sang and talked about Maori culture and legends, he was very interesting and well worth listening to, but in between the interesting bits there was a non-stop stream of annoying jokes. ... read more

We were up early the next morning and after a quick breakfast of granola and fresh garden strawberries we were off to Cape Reinga. (The very tippity-top of new Zealand!) This was another several hours in the car but great scenery and many short stops along the way made it a quick trip. We stopped to admire the ocean view from the far north-west’s “The 90 Mile Beach” (It’s actually only 55 miles long but that’s still pretty massive!) and I got to see my first real New Zealand traffic jam! A herd of hundreds of freshly sheered sheep scampering across the windy, narrow, hillside road (that was actually a state highway, by the way) as a farmer and three very enthusiastic and content looking sheep dogs fallowed closely behind. Cape Reinga seemed to appear out ... read more

Llegamos a la punta mas norte de NZ, en un día muuuy ventoso, pero la vista es inapagable tampoco nos vamos a extender mucho, ya que hay videos!! ... read more