Last weeks in New-Zealand, good times!!!
Door: dirk
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Nicky Dirk en Kasper
02 Juni 2007 | Australië, Sydney
Hejz everybody!
Here a next story about my travel adventures.
I speak pretty well English but still have to practice on my writing, so let’s make a start with that! Right now, right here!
After my good times in Milford sounds I start hitchhiking again, and hitchhiked to Invercargill the southern city on the bottom from the South island, a nice city but not that much going on, so the day after right further true the Catlins national park what goes along the cost too Dunedin. The Catlins was nice with his rolling hills and rough coastlines.
The day after try to get further true the catkins up but it’s a pretty remote area and not that many people are going true, so that takes me a while before I get picked-up, but in the end of the day still got to the place where I want to go. I get picked up by Vicky a friendly lady who travelled a lot around the world, like India en Nepal pretty impressive to here story’s about countries like that, worth checking it out.
I travelled for a few days with Vicky up to the Dunedin what is a nice city with a lot of old buildings with influences from Scotland.
After Dunedin hitchhiked along the east coast up to Timarau and from that point inland to Mount Cook village, where I meet up the 2e day with Vicky again and we did a nice hike up to the Muller hut to 2000 m high with an amazing view on the glaciers, Mount Cook and Tasman and the stunning valley! One of the beautiful places of new-Zealand!
The day after along Lake Pukaiki with his milky bleu colours, and further to the biggest city on the south island, Christchurch. Where I spent the night in jail, a good night in jail with some wines and friendly people.
Don’t be worry it was an old jail confirmed in to a backpackers hostel.
There was a cell what was still in his original conditions with wall paints from the last prisoner in jail. Pretty impressive to see how it was.
After an afternoon in Christchurch hitchhiked down to the peninsula to Akaroa, a small village with a big harbour, where I did an afternoon kayak trip with still nice weather for the autumn.
The day after all the way up to Kaikoura where I meet up with Rudi a German friend who I meet before in Napier en Welly! Nice to meet up friends again, Kaikoura is a beautiful place with mountains on the background.
After Kaikoura up too vineyard village Blenheim almost on the top of the South Island, that means that I have been all around.
In Blenheim I meet up with Kasper en Nick and a big group from Napier where staying there as well, een gezellig hostel! It was cool to see kasper en nick again! And to hear about there time after Napier, good on ya mates!
The day after I flied in a small plane from Picton to Welly 25 minutes flied above the Cook Strait! There where 2 other people a pilot in a 14 seats plane. It was like a private jet flight, with stunning views above Blenheim and halfway you could see the very crossing the Cook Strait and the south and north island in one view a nice scenic flight.
Back in Welly I meet up with Jess again where I travelled with along the west coast, we talked about our woof and travel experience. The day after we droved up to Turangi and from there I hitch in one day up too the Coromandel it was bad weather and a lot of rain but it was still good to hitch. I had a hitch from a farmer who was going up to Auckland and dropt me off by the turn off to the Coromandel a 3 hours drive, sweet as bro!
I think in total I had like 50 different rides from Milford all the way up to Auckland, I meet so many crazy and interesting people and the weird’s story’s you can imagine. It was good fun, too many too write down, but one of my best was in the Coromandel, when I get picked up my a kiwi woman who want to bring me further but she first had too clean here house and do some laundry, so she offered me here car and I could drive around in it for 1 hour and do some sightseeing what was amazing, and after that she dropped me off in front of the hostel in Coromandel Town! The locals are so friendly, NZ was amazing wicked.
My last few days in NZ in meet up with Joost who is working for an internship in Auckland, he come over for the weekend too the Coromandel with his nice Subaru station wagon! It was nice to meet up again with him after 6 months already.
We talked al lot about Holland and New-Zealand ect ect.
We did a nice hike in the Coromandel valley and cruised around the Coromandel, too cathedral cove and the hot water beach where we dig a pool in the beach and had or private hot spa, the water is nice hot, some places its to hot to stand on the beach sand.
We had a good time together in the Coromandel, and we just parked the car along the beach and sleep in the back what was ideal.
I had my last rides true nz together with Joost what was very cool we droved back to Auckland where it all starts 6 moths ago in new-Zealand!
Almost 6 months in new-Zealand it was very good, I made some really good friends with people from all around the world! See ya all!!!
Groetjes Dirk.
Here a next story about my travel adventures.
I speak pretty well English but still have to practice on my writing, so let’s make a start with that! Right now, right here!
After my good times in Milford sounds I start hitchhiking again, and hitchhiked to Invercargill the southern city on the bottom from the South island, a nice city but not that much going on, so the day after right further true the Catlins national park what goes along the cost too Dunedin. The Catlins was nice with his rolling hills and rough coastlines.
The day after try to get further true the catkins up but it’s a pretty remote area and not that many people are going true, so that takes me a while before I get picked-up, but in the end of the day still got to the place where I want to go. I get picked up by Vicky a friendly lady who travelled a lot around the world, like India en Nepal pretty impressive to here story’s about countries like that, worth checking it out.
I travelled for a few days with Vicky up to the Dunedin what is a nice city with a lot of old buildings with influences from Scotland.
After Dunedin hitchhiked along the east coast up to Timarau and from that point inland to Mount Cook village, where I meet up the 2e day with Vicky again and we did a nice hike up to the Muller hut to 2000 m high with an amazing view on the glaciers, Mount Cook and Tasman and the stunning valley! One of the beautiful places of new-Zealand!
The day after along Lake Pukaiki with his milky bleu colours, and further to the biggest city on the south island, Christchurch. Where I spent the night in jail, a good night in jail with some wines and friendly people.
Don’t be worry it was an old jail confirmed in to a backpackers hostel.
There was a cell what was still in his original conditions with wall paints from the last prisoner in jail. Pretty impressive to see how it was.
After an afternoon in Christchurch hitchhiked down to the peninsula to Akaroa, a small village with a big harbour, where I did an afternoon kayak trip with still nice weather for the autumn.
The day after all the way up to Kaikoura where I meet up with Rudi a German friend who I meet before in Napier en Welly! Nice to meet up friends again, Kaikoura is a beautiful place with mountains on the background.
After Kaikoura up too vineyard village Blenheim almost on the top of the South Island, that means that I have been all around.
In Blenheim I meet up with Kasper en Nick and a big group from Napier where staying there as well, een gezellig hostel! It was cool to see kasper en nick again! And to hear about there time after Napier, good on ya mates!
The day after I flied in a small plane from Picton to Welly 25 minutes flied above the Cook Strait! There where 2 other people a pilot in a 14 seats plane. It was like a private jet flight, with stunning views above Blenheim and halfway you could see the very crossing the Cook Strait and the south and north island in one view a nice scenic flight.
Back in Welly I meet up with Jess again where I travelled with along the west coast, we talked about our woof and travel experience. The day after we droved up to Turangi and from there I hitch in one day up too the Coromandel it was bad weather and a lot of rain but it was still good to hitch. I had a hitch from a farmer who was going up to Auckland and dropt me off by the turn off to the Coromandel a 3 hours drive, sweet as bro!
I think in total I had like 50 different rides from Milford all the way up to Auckland, I meet so many crazy and interesting people and the weird’s story’s you can imagine. It was good fun, too many too write down, but one of my best was in the Coromandel, when I get picked up my a kiwi woman who want to bring me further but she first had too clean here house and do some laundry, so she offered me here car and I could drive around in it for 1 hour and do some sightseeing what was amazing, and after that she dropped me off in front of the hostel in Coromandel Town! The locals are so friendly, NZ was amazing wicked.
My last few days in NZ in meet up with Joost who is working for an internship in Auckland, he come over for the weekend too the Coromandel with his nice Subaru station wagon! It was nice to meet up again with him after 6 months already.
We talked al lot about Holland and New-Zealand ect ect.
We did a nice hike in the Coromandel valley and cruised around the Coromandel, too cathedral cove and the hot water beach where we dig a pool in the beach and had or private hot spa, the water is nice hot, some places its to hot to stand on the beach sand.
We had a good time together in the Coromandel, and we just parked the car along the beach and sleep in the back what was ideal.
I had my last rides true nz together with Joost what was very cool we droved back to Auckland where it all starts 6 moths ago in new-Zealand!
Almost 6 months in new-Zealand it was very good, I made some really good friends with people from all around the world! See ya all!!!
Groetjes Dirk.
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02 Juni 2007 - 09:48
Jess:
Dirk-
Not too shabby with the english! Nice job :)
The woman in Coromandal sounds great- how nice was that! The hot water beach looks really good.
I can't wait to hear about Australia. I hope things are going well over there and you are getting rides and woof places too.
Send me a postcard soon. Miss you. Pedro too. Eh? -
02 Juni 2007 - 17:26
Truus En Pieter:
hejjjj Dirk.
Je bent goed aangekomen in Australié?
Tweede doel is bereikt.
Hopelijk is Australie net zo mooi als nz.
maar dat gaan we binnenkort wel horen van jou.
Geniet ervan in Aust.en have much fun.
Tot mails.
Een dikke knuffel en een dikke zoen van pap en mam.
Groetjes van ons allemaal.
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03 Juni 2007 - 14:47
Merijn:
He broertje
Super om te horen dat het goed gaat en dat je in australia zit.Zal wel een heel verschil zijn met NZ.
Nou heel veel plezier in aussi land, en laat maar weer snel wat horen.
Gr van Merijn -
04 Juni 2007 - 00:53
Kas:
hey dirk ziet er allemaal weer erg goed uit, leuk dat je joost ook weer gezien hebt.
Heel veel plezier en tot snel
kasper
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04 Juni 2007 - 15:16
Tom Venray:
heey dirk dat engels gaat je goed af;-)
ik heb vandaag je kaartje ontvangen, bedankt was erg leuk. Die heeft een lange weg moete afleggen haha:D
spreek je wel weer
Greetz Tom -
04 Juni 2007 - 16:36
Floortje:
Hé dirk!! Echt wat een gave verhalen weer! Het engels gaat je zo te zien ook goed af :) En weer leuke fotootjes er op! Lijkt me erg gaaf om zo her en der 'oude bekenden' terug te zien! Vandaag zijn m'n verstandskiezen getrokken, auw!
Nou geniet er nog van! Ik ga weer aan t werk voor school :S
Liefs
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12 Juni 2007 - 12:59
Trees:
Wer un tietje geleje, muir doar bin ik wer.
Tis hier so benaut da de musse so fan ut dak ien de moel fan de katte falle, mar das beter as da kouwe weer, duirum kloage we mar nie.
Leuk Dirk da ut so goet geet, feul plesier ien kangeroelant.
van die twee andere afunturiers heur je nog minder fan as erst, allenig kleine stukskus feur Dirk of Joost en Joost sgrieft oek al nie feul, follegus mien hebbe se ut feuls te goet duir.
So as ik al sei hier is ut werrum, mar ut regent dur foak flink bij, je mot afuntoe uutkieke da je nie fan de stroat afspuult.
Nou ik stop mar wer, ik krieg tog gin asum fan jullie en das net of je tege een muur soat te lulle, de groete fan de alsheimerbende en furgit nie um wa te sgriefe. -
25 Juni 2007 - 09:48
Pa:
Nick toch, mijn verjaardag onthouden, dat gebeurde zelfs hier niet altijd, fijn dat je even gebeld hebt.
Begrijp dat jullie vast hebben gezeten in de sneeuw, cool toch, letterlijk en figuurlijk, heeft Joost ook weer eens wat meegemaakt, lijkt me wel een leuk ploegje om ergens ingesneeuwd te raken.
Hebben jullie dat wel vastgelegd, zet het op je site, dan kunnen wij meegenieten.
Jullie met snowboots, wij met kaplaarzen, het blijft hier regenen.
De Peppers waren gisteren op de Goffert, zelfs in Lindenholt kon je horen hoe goed ze waren, hebben jullie toch mooi gemist.
Nou, allemaal weer aan het werk, blij dat er weer een teken van leven was en veel plezier.
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