We stopped for about 2 hours in the town of Hokita, basically the jade "hub" of the south island. I bought some paua shell jewelry, also quite common in Hoki town and good prices.
Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)
New Zealand Franz Josef glacier
New Zealand Greymouth Park
We thought that maybe some fish n chips would be just the thing to round out a perfect day so we got very cheap, very greasy takeaway and went to the Greymouth holiday park which turned out to be directly on the beach.
We ended up eating right on the beach and looking for jade while the sun set. Of course we didn't find any but it was fun looking.
Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)
New Zealand Greymouth River
I didn't have much interest in beer brewing because Greymouth had another asset: lots and lots of jade. We had read that jade actually washes up on the beach here and I was quite anxious to find out if this was true but first..........lots of jade shops. We split up; I in search of jade and Matt in search of beer. We were both very happy.
New Zealand Punakaiki
We had an agenda today though, so we had to move on.
Matt and Cynthia (to be continued)
New Zealand 9 Most Expensive Meat In The World
So I went to get my bag and took a shower in one of the outside showers at the
van park and got on some new clothes.
Later that day we were just hanging around, while some of us got to go dolphin swimming.
Manuel had that brilliant idea that we could make a pizza party tonight , so we started preparing for everything.
Leslie, the girl from America wanted to make mozzarella cheese, so we helped her and had a good laugh, because the water she had to stretch the cheese in was boiling hot and she just couldn't make it longer than 5 seconds.
While we had some spare time I taught Sol some Austrian Card Games exchange I got thought how to play chess.
After fooling around a little bit, Manu and me were responsible for the pizza dough. After getting around 10 doughs ready we could finally start with the toppings.
One of the toppings was one of the most expensive meat in the world, which you can get here by diving up the shell that has that meat in it.
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Later that day we were just hanging around, while some of us got to go dolphin swimming.
Manuel had that brilliant idea that we could make a pizza party tonight , so we started preparing for everything.
Leslie, the girl from America wanted to make mozzarella cheese, so we helped her and had a good laugh, because the water she had to stretch the cheese in was boiling hot and she just couldn't make it longer than 5 seconds.
While we had some spare time I taught Sol some Austrian Card Games exchange I got thought how to play chess.
After fooling around a little bit, Manu and me were responsible for the pizza dough. After getting around 10 doughs ready we could finally start with the toppings.
One of the toppings was one of the most expensive meat in the world, which you can get here by diving up the shell that has that meat in it.
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| Akaroa |
Akaroa, New Zealand; My trip around the World 8
The scenery here is gorgeous, it is its own little paradise and I am more than
happy to be here.Also I already got to know Goosey the Goose, which is apparently scared of brooms and rakes, so she is hissing at them like a cat.
In the afternoon I had to do a little bit of work and afterwards everybody cooked at the outdoor kitchen and we all ate together and had some fun.
As soon as it got dark, we went inside the reception and all watched a movie together, where I fell asleep because I was so tired.
They woke me up when the movie ended and I went to my van at the van park, where I will sleep for the next 2 weeks. Also Sol got me a mouse trap for the van, because they have some problems with mice sometimes...
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Life
starts now
For some reason I already woke
up at 6:30am, but since I didn’t really feel that tired I decided to get up.
Opening the door, I saw that a chicken with her little baby came to say good
morning.It was a wonderful sunny morning and I was up way too early so I woked out a little and listened to music while I layed on the bench starring at the clouds.
At 9am Manuel, the Woofer from Germany picked me up to feed the pidgeons and afterwards we went up to the reception where we all had breakfast together.
Sol told Manuel to instruct me in what I have to do the next couple weeks. It is basically just taking care of the van park and to look that it is clean. My working time is from 10am - 1pm.
If we don't stop working at 1am, Sol would come and tell us to stop, he is just a really nice guy.
My trip around the World 7 New Zealand
Two guys were in the car, one of them introduced himself as Sol and the other
one as Mustafa. Sol turned out to be the manager, a really strict and
straightforward guy. Mustafa was pretty chilled and just made fun of Sol all
the time while smoking an e-cigarette.
Later on Mustafa told me that the work is really hard and that Sol can be a real asshole, but shortly before we arrived they told me that they were just making fun of me and Mustafa turned out to be the real Sol, while the other guy was Manuel from Germany.
It was funny from the beginning, there are 6 'woofers' and a couple of guests here. Everybody is super friendly and courteous. Sol is making jokes all the time and everybody here is having a great time.
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Later on Mustafa told me that the work is really hard and that Sol can be a real asshole, but shortly before we arrived they told me that they were just making fun of me and Mustafa turned out to be the real Sol, while the other guy was Manuel from Germany.
It was funny from the beginning, there are 6 'woofers' and a couple of guests here. Everybody is super friendly and courteous. Sol is making jokes all the time and everybody here is having a great time.
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My trip around the World 6 - There Is A Tsunami Coming Our Way
After realizing that I wasn't drunk, I noticed that the room is still moving. Soon after, I figured that it has to be an earthquake, but since I wasn't really prepared for that, I just stayed in my room.Right after I fell asleep again, a staff member knocked on my door and told me that we are all meeting outside, because of the earthquake.
It took a little until the manager told us that it is safe to go inside again. Later that night I found out that there is also a huge Tsunami coming our way.
Because the aftershocks woke me up a couple of times, I decided to just stay awake and start my 2nd day in New Zealand...
..at 2am.
Onuku Akaroa, New Zealand, 11/14/2016
After showering I got ready for checking out and had a quick breakfast before I got on the bus to Akaroa, the place where my first host family told me to come to.
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