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Published: October 23rd 2008
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Off to Paihai... again.. although I have left quite late still managed to make it on time, what is the speed limit in NZ again.:-o....
Met with Angela and as did not want to waste anymore of my time, got us over Auckland and parked for the night close to Coromandel Penninsula drove through Auckland, park in front of farm where we slept.
In the morning we set off for the Coromandel, planed to go for long walk, however when we got there I have realised that thanks to Angela I have lost one of my walking boots, which I was not very impressed about, especially as I had them only for two weeks :o(... anyway in hope that the boot drooped out where we slept, the hike was cut short and drove back. However the boot was gone, which made me realise it must've fell out sometimes when had to stop about three times, when Angela was trying to sort out her stuff in Alfred.... not impressed at all.. to late to cry over spilt milk....
Drove around Coromandel the west cost of the Coromandel was absolutely beautifull, the roads are winding around the coast.... lovely..We have stop at
Cathedral cove where we took short walk to the beach. Again amazing spot.
Second night we have parked on quite a nice spot, until 2am in the morning, there was a car doing donuts around us, most probably stoned guys thought the would scare us and shook Alfred, in which point I thought to my self ....sh... oot... do I have to move... anyway soon after they buggered off and did not come back.
Next on the list was Rotorura...
....who let one rip... come on the smell... sulphur.. lovely...
Actually personally it did not bother me that much... after all it is all nature....just before we come to town I had to do this.... ZORB.... hurray... great fun.. although I won't be kicking hamster in his ball anytime soon...
Town centre was OK I suppose, as you all know I am not very keen on towns, and when Angela suggested to stay for the night so we could go out, I was not very impressed, however I needed to compromise. So she went out and I went on Internet. By the morning we both realised we want to do different things and went our separate ways....
thanks god for that... ups did that come out loud ...:o)
I felt so relieved once I went on my own and come to decision that I won't be travelling with anyone, I have done it until now and I just want to be on my own, do what and when I please... and even I had someone else interested to go travelling with me - Andreas- German dude, I have decided that I rather pay more and be happy than just try to sacrifice my own comfort to save few dollars.
So of I went towards Wakatanne try to go swimming with dolphins, and even that I could not get in touch with them to make sure that I can do it, it seemed like a good enough excuse to give Angela for me to go on my own.
I chose a scenic route, only that I have missed it the first time, so had to go back on myself, and as I drove on this off road path through a woods in hope to find good enough spot to sleep for the night... there he was... my companion for next few days... Buddy..
.. I suddenly
spotted a dog on side of the road and instinctively stopped... started to talk to him... he was very shy and scared.... through a biscuit at him and gave him some watter... let him to sniff my hand ...I heard a car coming so pulled Alfred to a side as I have stop in the middle of the road... this Jeep pulled in and guy ( Paul) come out and wondered if I am OK. Told him that there is this dog, on which he said he sees it a lot, people dumping there dogs, although he thinks it is a pig's hunter dog and suggested I should leave him here.... which I was very reluctant to do, mainly because my woman intuition was telling me he got dumped. I have told Buddy ( that what I chose to call him later), that it is his choice he can stay or jump into Alfred and with bit of encouragement Buddy was in, he also had bleeding paws.:o(
Paul invited me for a cupa and I thought why not, however the cup of tea turned into a dinner. Paul offered me his daughters room, or I could sleep in Alfred, however
the warmed bed was a more appealing...
A zase zpet do Paihai.... i presto, ze jsem mela trosku spozdeni, tak se me to podarilo dohnat, jaky ze je to limit na NZ..:-o....
Potkala jsem se Angelou, a protoze jsem nechtela stracet vice casu, tak jsme jely az za Auckland, kde jsme zaparkovaly na noc pred jednou farmou, blizko Coramandel Peninsiula.
Rano jsme jely kolem Coramandelskeho pobrezi, mely jsme na planu jednu turu, bohuzel kdyz jsme tam dojely, tak jsem prisla na to, ze jsem prisla o jednu botu, s cim jsem nebyla dvakrat nadsena, hlavne proto, ze byli dva tydny nove...:o(... v hlouby duse jsem doufala, ze vypadla tam kde jsme prespaly, takze tura se skratila a jela jsme zpet. Bohuzel bota tam nebyla, takze me doslo, ze musela vypadnout, kdyz jsme asi trikrat musela zastavit, protoze si Angela musela dat dohromady batozinu... no byla jsem strasne nadsena... bez bot.... no nic nema smysl brecet nad rozlitym mlekem...
Jely jsme po zapadnim pobrezi, byla to nadhera, klikate cesty pres nadhernout prirodu. Zastavily jsme na Cathedral cove, kde jsme se prosly k plazi.
Druhou noc jsme stravily na docela klidnem mistecku, to jsme si myslely, do te
doby nez ve 2 rano kolem nas jezdili, nejspise zhuleni, mladici, kteri s toho meli strasnou srandu a dokonce i zatrasli s Alfredem. Uz jsem si myslela, ze budu muset ujet, ale nakonec vypadli a uz se nevratili.
Kam ted... Rotorura...
... ty brdo... kdo si upustil.... smradecek... solfa... ta vune...
Osobne, me to nevadilo, je to porad priroda... pred tim nez jsme dojely do mesta, tak jsem musela neco podniknout ...ZORB... huraaa... to byla skvela prca.. ikdyz ted si to dvakrat rozmyslim, pred tim nez kopnu do krecka v kouli...
Centrum mesta bylo v poho, jak ale asi uz vite, tak ja dvakrat mesta nemusim, a kdyz Angela navrhla, ze bychom mohli jit ven parit, tak jsme s toho mela strasne velkou radost. Nakonec jsme udelaly kompromis a ona sla sama ven a ja na internet. Rano nam obou doslo, ze obe mame jine predstavy, tak jsme se rozhodly, ze pujdeme kazda svou cestou.... chvala bohu...:o)
Citila jsem se skvele, odlehcene... muzu si delat co a kdy chci... a i prestoze jsme mela dalsiho zajemce - Andreas - nemec, ktery chtel se mnou cestovat, rozhodla jsem se ze to zvladnu sama, do ted jsme cestovala s nekym a
je nacase abych byla sama, a tech par dolaru, ktere bych usetrila me za to nestoji. Jela jsem smerem k Wakatane, chtela jsem plavat s delfiny, a i prestoze jsem se me nepodarilo s nemi skontaktovat, byla to docela dobra vymluva jak se zbavit Angely....
Vybrala jsem si cesticku prirodou, pouze jsem ji poprve prosvihla a musela se vratit, no a jak si tak jedu touhle polnackou pres les, v nadeji, ze najdu mistecko na noc, najednou jsme ho spatrila... moje spolecnost na dalsich par dnu.. Buddy...
... Najednou jsem ho zrela.... peso... na kraji cesty.. zastavila jsem... zacala jsem na neho mluvit... byl velmi plachy a vydeseny... hodila jsme mu susenku, dala mu napit,... nechala jsem ho ocuchat mou ruku... v dalce jsem slysela auto, tak jsem zaparkovala Alfreda na kraj... no a najednou zastavil jeep a z neho vystoupil typek ( Paul) a zeptal se me zda jsem v poho. Tak jsem mu vysvetlila, ze je tady ten pes, na co me Paul rekl, ze to vidi casto, zatoulane a nechtene psy, i presto si myslel, ze je to pes, ktery je pouzivan na honbu divokych prasat, a doporucil me ho tu nechat.... Ale to nejsem
Ja, a ma intuice me rikala, ze to nekdo odhodil. Zeptala jsem se Buddyho ( to je jmeno, ktere jsem mu pozdeji dala), zda chce jit se mnou nebo tu zustat, no a trosku povzbuzeni a Buddy byl ve vnitr, krvaceli mu tlapky :o(
Paul me pozval na kavu, a rekla jsem si proc ne, no a s kavy nakonec byla i vecere. Paul me nabidl, ze muzu zustat v pokoji jeho dcerky, coz znelo mnohem lepe nez spat v zime...
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They are some lovely photo's, you really are visiting some beautiful places xxx