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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"travelfeed",<br>"author":"luckyme03200",<br>"permlink":"new-zealand-part-1-travel-blog-this-must-be-heaven-on-earth-dont-you-agree",<br>"title":"New Zealand (Part 1) -TRAVEL BLOG- This must be heaven on earth,<br> dont you agree?!",<br>"body":"Where to start? I have been sitting behind my computer for an hour now,<br> scrolling true hundreds of pictures and so many memories pop up in my head again,<br> but i didnt start writing yet!\nIt is almost impossible to write a blog about New Zealand when you dont have the ambition to write a book.\n\nI will have to skip lots of things,<br> make a selection and that isnt easy! There is so much to tell about this country that is offering you: Nature,<br> culture,<br> adventure,<br> night life and so much more.\n\nI will do my best!\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbFPy7jw8LjFAGAHy6iZazStbHML1kdZyE4io3os72ifs\/image.png)\n\nI stayed in New Zealand for 3,<br>5 weeks,<br> that isnt enough! I would really advice you to go there atleast a month,<br> this country is absolutely overwhelming,<br> unfortunately i didnt have the choice to stay longer cos my ticket to south america (chile,<br> more about that some other time!) was already booked.\n\nI arrived in Auckland on the north Island,<br> New Zealand has two main islands and you could say that if you like nature the south Island is prettier but to start with,<br> north Island has so much to offer already that its a great warm up befor you cross to the south!\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWwcSjCzG8fzN2AWMgSFVtCbVFz1Z2LWm3Vias7i7dmts\/image.png)\n\nAuckland surprised me,<br> first of all you will notice the diversity of people,<br> there is a lot of asian immigrants and since i just came from asia it was a nice transition to this new adventure.\nAuckland has a lot to offer,<br> its actually a nice city,<br> especially if you like boats and water sports,<br> go check out the harbor!\n\nIm a hiker so i decided to do the coast to coast walkway,<br> a nice way to get comfortable in a new country.\nYou will walk on the fertile volcanic slopes with great panoramic views over the city and charming parks and gardens,<br> a perfect excersise while i was still somewhat suffering from a jetlag.\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPcQBFVu7dn4c5RVTes8RqpaYxnzkFyBruF44pexcywZN\/image.png)\nyou clearly see the old volcanice crater here,<br> there is several of them.\n\nafter a while i stumbled up to a cricket match,<br> typical for Australia and i decided to watch for a while...complicated sport!\nA little later i met the first sheeps,<br> trust me you will see many of them,<br> it wouldnt surprise me if there is more sheeps then inhabitants :-)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXuaKf7sTGL7ghFvSaYWFyEm4peH3C9XP9xbcQHDaVkug\/image.png)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmNuoFFtpwjLNUoXCd37CoPW1ftzWiRwpTVZd5kno69iot\/image.png)\n\nWorth a visit is the the Aukland museum,<br> its a very nice building and also has a nice park.\nThe museum has 3 floors,<br> each with a different focus,<br> Maori and Polynesian history,<br> which is obviously very important to New Zealand,<br> flora and fauna and one floor for the early settler wars plus the world wars.\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmaUf6Tya44MccChCbURHqhJpKQ68sPEcyKrCY4693bJfc\/image.png)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmV34MHD5Y4ftBMxvAMXWcMNgTP7HqhcmVg1SNYo8z923g\/image.png)\n\nAuckland if nice for a couple of days but after that you really have to move on!\n\nThere is a couple of organisations that offer hop on and hop off busses,<br> im not talking about the ones u see in every mayor city but im talking about busses that drive all over the north and south Island. If you decide not to rent a car,<br> this is a great way to move around and also excelent to meet other travelers.\nI used Stray bus,<br> and have been very happy with them. You can choose how long you want to stay in places where you hop off,<br> just get on the next bus when you want to move on!\n\nThe next place worth to mention (in this blog i mean,<br> like i said i dont want to write a book) was Cathedral cove,<br> beautiful beach and a nice hike to it.\n\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXhgiDzpn92VTVkq428KXozFuB57Lawoaexm3vvatdNvc\/image.png)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPKNqWnsCYt8UHYA3J9qfmvwL5yq6tVKvaG7gRtXFEaxy\/image.png)\n\n\nThe next days i did some surfing in Raglan,<br> small surfer town with good waves for beginners and advanced surfers,<br> i stayed a nigth with the maori in one of their villages ( was lots of fun dancing the famous Haka with them) and next on my list was rotorua.\n\nRoturua is a town that is known for its geothermal activity (geysers and hot mud pools),<br> i also saw this pretty building,<br> it is the historic bath house.\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbzW3wdRu7firrgdu5RCi8WT4fHNzxzjsDY4vmv8VZZNd\/image.png)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXxvxhcEipRQALim4XGfALapJVWnBvS1fSxQAedkgWo5U\/image.png)\n\nAll the volcanic activity makes the town pretty stinky ( think of rotten eggs) Staying here for a day was more then enough for me,<br> time to move on!\n\nSlowly moving to the south brougth me to the next \"must stop\": Huka falls.\nThe Waikato river narrows from 100 meters wide to only 15 meters and that gives you a fantastic view of a wild water mass dropping down several meters. 220 000 liters of water per second pass this point,<br> enough to fill one Olympic sized swimming pool in 11 seconds! \n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmT1DaHVKQvcDWKjFHTEydkE18c2fw559pffywwTPwyZBe\/image.png)\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSYfhFHFhLESzaSDxs5bKR3Gn18chA3ztTu9cRkCNTc84\/image.png)\n\nTomorrow ill write part 2 of this journey,<br> next up will be Blue duck station,<br> tongariro alpine crossing and the capital of New Zealand: Wellington\n\nAll still on the northern Island and i already skipped too much!\n\nThank you so much for reading,<br> if you would be so kind to resteem,<br> you would make me very happy!\n\nHave a great day!\n\nNote: All pictures were taken by myself with a Sony NEX-R\n\n![ (https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQbEP8xmetLvTMx5MjAzJu6sGTNBBVGBYTsErCvZ6KfSN\/image.png)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"travelfeed\",<br>\"photofeed\",<br>\"travel\",<br>\"nature\",<br>\"newzealand\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbFPy7jw8LjFAGAHy6iZazStbHML1kdZyE4io3os72ifs\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmWwcSjCzG8fzN2AWMgSFVtCbVFz1Z2LWm3Vias7i7dmts\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPcQBFVu7dn4c5RVTes8RqpaYxnzkFyBruF44pexcywZN\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXuaKf7sTGL7ghFvSaYWFyEm4peH3C9XP9xbcQHDaVkug\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmNuoFFtpwjLNUoXCd37CoPW1ftzWiRwpTVZd5kno69iot\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmaUf6Tya44MccChCbURHqhJpKQ68sPEcyKrCY4693bJfc\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmV34MHD5Y4ftBMxvAMXWcMNgTP7HqhcmVg1SNYo8z923g\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXhgiDzpn92VTVkq428KXozFuB57Lawoaexm3vvatdNvc\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmPKNqWnsCYt8UHYA3J9qfmvwL5yq6tVKvaG7gRtXFEaxy\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmbzW3wdRu7firrgdu5RCi8WT4fHNzxzjsDY4vmv8VZZNd\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmXxvxhcEipRQALim4XGfALapJVWnBvS1fSxQAedkgWo5U\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmT1DaHVKQvcDWKjFHTEydkE18c2fw559pffywwTPwyZBe\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmSYfhFHFhLESzaSDxs5bKR3Gn18chA3ztTu9cRkCNTc84\/image.png\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemitimages.com\/DQmQbEP8xmetLvTMx5MjAzJu6sGTNBBVGBYTsErCvZ6KfSN\/image.png\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " | | vote | "voter":"luckyme03200",
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