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May 9th 2006
Published: May 9th 2006
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Fans going to the rugby gameFans going to the rugby gameFans going to the rugby game

Looks like it's going to be good
Hey everyone,
I had a pretty busy time lately and didn't update any pictures at all, and as you all know my last update was pretty long.
Anyways, first I want to say that I updated the blog, with the last update and divided it to sections with the right pictures on each one.
There are my bungi pics, my beard pics, the routeburn pics and the milfod pics.
I think it's something like 50+ photos so it's a lot for you to check out.
So I expect some replies and comments on the pictures, this time there are enough 😉.

As for the update, well after the milford I drove to dunedin, which is a student city.
We had a lot of fun there, we met Ron and his girlfriend lilach and went to a rugby game a big group of 6 israelis.
The rugby fans were all dressed up and we thought they will cheer the entire game, but instead they just drank ALOT and talked to eachother. It seems they didn't care much about their team losing or winning, we tried to cheer hard and did the wave, which actually caught! and the whole area we were
The game itselfThe game itselfThe game itself

Not that anyone was watching it
at did it.
It was still a very cool thing, and I enjoyed it a lot.
After the game we went to a very cool restaurant which serves only deserts and I had a choclate overdose there.
After dunedin we went to the catelins which is the southest part of the south island, it has a lot of sea life and wild life, we saw sea lions seals birds penguins and all this stuff. We also camped on a very remote beach which was AMAZING, that was probably the best part of the trip, we had a great sunset and sunrise, and just sat and relaxed on the beach.
There wasn't too much in the catelins since we saw already a lot of stuff that was much more impressive already in NZ.
From there we moved back to queenstown, there me and daniel split, i went on a 5 days track with zvika called the rees dart, and daniel continued towards the north island.
The track was really good and we had amazing weather, but on the highlight of the trip a day trip to a mountain top called cascade saddle we had a cloud covering the whole mountain top,
A nice nightA nice nightA nice night

This is the sunrise from the place we camped, free sleep under the stars
we stayed an extra night to see it again, and it was cloudy also.
So in the end the track took 6 days!! who could believe i could do a 6 days walk when I just arrived, carrying your whole food for a week, wasn't too easy.
And we didn't get to see the highlight, which is supposed to be even better then the milford. But you can't have everything, you win some and lose some. The other parts of the track were still very good.
After the track I seperated from zvika and took trempim all the way to christchurch, there I said goodbye to ron and lilach who flew to australia and we had a great dinner.
I am now here mainly to use the internet which is cheap and fast and moving on tomorrow to the north, to meet a local familly that i know from a track and then to go work for a month or so.
I really feel the end of new zealand, I only got a month left, who would have thought i would stay here for 4 months?.



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See if you can make out the car, the tent and zvika
Saying goodbyeSaying goodbye
Saying goodbye

Splitting from daniel, on my own again, well with zvika actually :)
Lost on the rees dartLost on the rees dart
Lost on the rees dart

Trying to figure out where I am
Crossing another streamCrossing another stream
Crossing another stream

A lot of stream crossing on this track, getting annoyed
Swing bridgeSwing bridge
Swing bridge

This bridge is in a very good location, amazing
Cascade saddleCascade saddle
Cascade saddle

The most beautifull place in new zealand, but I didn't get to see anything, just a HUGE cloud
The dart glacierThe dart glacier
The dart glacier

At least I saw this wonderfull glacier
DinnerDinner
Dinner

Me daniel and zvika having dinner the day before the rees dart
AcrobaticsAcrobatics
Acrobatics

Doing some stunts on the catlins
Having funHaving fun
Having fun

Just had to do it, i felt like it


8th August 2006

good trip!
Seems like a good trip. But most of your pics seemed to have blacked out. The few I see are amazing. Good work!

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