Tongarro crossing!

Dags for bersklattring  pa riktigt, utomhus! Vi gick upp tidigt for att ta oss ivag till startpunkten for Tongarro crossing vilket ar en vandring over tre berg, 18km. Det finns aven ett sidotrack men kan ta och bestiga vulkanen Narahoe, aven kand fran filmen sagan om ringen som Mount Doom. Sjalvklart kunde vi inte motsta detta!

Time for bersklattring for real, outdoors! We got up early to take us away to the starting point for Tongarro crossing which is a hike over three mountains, 18km. There is also a side track, but can and climb the volcano Narahoe, also known from the movie lord of the rings as Mount Doom. Of course we could not resist this!

Snart pa toppen av Mount Doom! Sarskilt tack till mormor for varma vantar, dom behovdes!
Soon, at the peak of Mount Doom! Thanks to Grandma for warm mittens, they needed!

Vi fick var vinter enda, fin stund for Patrick som satte sig ner och njot ( jag frost mest).
 We got each winter only, nice moment for Patrick who sat down and enjoyed (I freeze most).

Utsikt fran toppen av Mount Doom.
View fran the top of Mount Doom.

Vi overlevde vulkanen forsatt vandring var lattare.
We survived the volcano was still wandering Lighter.

Mer an Mc Donalds!

Taupa hade mer an Mac Donalds aven om jag tror att det var hjodpukten for Patrick under var vistelse dar. Taupo hade en fantastiskt vacker flod som vi hittade en camping bredvid. Sjalvklart tog vi en superplats bredvid vattendraget. Jag blev inspirarad och valde att steka pankakor till min fina, det blev snarare pankaksklumpar med stekyta. Patrick var dock vanlig nog att inte kommentera utseendet utan sa att det smakade gott. Jag tror att han innerst inne kanske langtade efter en till hamburgare.

Taupe had more than Mac Donalds although I think it was hjodpukten for Patrick during our stay there. Taupo had a beautiful river that we found a campsite next door. Of course, we took a super location next to the river. I was inspirarad and chose to fry pancake for my fine, it was rather pankaksklumpar with browning. Patrick was kind enough not to comment on the appearance but said it tasted good. I think deep down, maybe he longed for a hamburger.

Vidare efter den fantastiska maltiden tog vi en prommenad till vattenfallet en bit bort. Detta var battre an pannkakor och hamburgare tillsammans. Nagot av det maktigaste vi nagonsinn sett! Den stilla floden bredvid var campingplats andrade plotsligt form. Kristallklara farger, mangder med vatten som aldrig ar stilla och ett ljud som var oronbedovande!

Furthermore, after the amazing malt time we took a prommenad to the waterfall a short distance away. This was better than pancakes and hamburger together. One of the most powerful we have a disposition seen! The quiet river next to our campsite Andrade suddenly form.Crystal Bright colors, lots of water is never still, and a sound that was oronbedovande!

For att smalta denna upplevelse sa tog vi oss till en plats vid samma flod dar man kunde bada vid utloppet av vatten fran en varm kalla. Detta gjorde att nara de sma vettenfallen var vattnet kokhet sen blandades det med vattnet fran floden vilket gjorde det lagom varmt och om man simmade tillrackligt langt ut i floden sa var det inte bara strommt utan ocksa iskallt! Skulle kunna beskriva det som ett perfekt naturligt spa!

To digest this experience said we went to a place at the same river where you could swim at the exit of water from a hot spring. This led to close the small wits cases was BOILING HOT water, then mixed it with water from the river which made it just warm enough and if you swam to far enough into the river said it was not only strommt but also freezing cold! Could describe it as a perfect natural spa!

Dags att prova lite Nya Zeelanskt vin! Vi akte ut till en vingard som enligt informationcentret skule ha vin provning. Det visade sig att det bara var en resturang och att dom inte alls odlade eget vin som man kunde prova. Vi valde att ta lite foton i vingarden for att demostrera hur det gar till nar man plockar vinlov (det vi inte fick pa bild i Kerikeri) Sen lite gitarrjam i vanlig ordning!

Time to try some new Zeelanskt wine! We went out to a vineyard which, according to the information center skule have wine testing. Turns out it was just a restaurant and they're not at all cultivated his own wine that you could try. We decided to take some photos of the wing Arden for the demostrera what happens when you pick vine leaves (that we did not get on image in Kerikeri) Then a little gitarrjam as usual!

For att forberedda oss val inor den kommande bersklattringen (vidare information i kommande inlagg) bestammde vi oss for att klattra lite inomhus. Tankte att det kunde vara en bra start att borja inomhus utan att behova oroa oss for vaderforhallanderna. Dessa kort ar tillagnade Eva-Maria.

In order to prepare the upcoming election Inor bersklattringen (further details in future posts) bestammde we decided to climb a little inside. Thought it might be a good start that started indoors without worrying about vaderforhallanderna. These cards are to baited Eva-Maria.



Tapou!

Vidare till Tapou dar ett viktigt mal var Mc Donalds for att ladda upp med protein! Patrick valde vart vi skulle sitta, hans storsta problem var att alla barnen storde hans maltid i flygplanet.

In addition to Tapou where a major goal was McDonalds for uploading with protein! Patrick chose where we would sit, his biggest problem was that all the children disturbed his meal on the airplane.



Eftersom Patrick inte blev riktigt matt efter ett stort mal sa kopte han en burgare till. Denna intogs dock i en lugnare miljo.

Since Patrick was not really dull after a large catfish he bought a burger for. This was taken, however, in a quiet setting.



Rotorua!

Vagarna har ar vackra, backiga, smala, kurviga, mycket fin utsikt och det ar vanstertrafik. Dock vanjer man sig fortare an man kan tro!

The roads are beautiful, hilly, narrow, curvy very nice view and it is vanstertrafik. However, get used to it sooner than you might think!

Forsta stoppen blev Rotorua dar det fanns haftiga varma kallor att se.

The first stops was Rotorua where there was fierce hot springs to see.

Svart att se pa kort men leran bubblar och ryker pga av att det ar sa varmt. Doftar aven starkt ruttet agg.

Hard to look at short, but the mud bubbles and smoke because of that it's so hot. Smells also strongly rotten egg.

Har hittade vi en fantastik camping, precis bredvid en sjo. Var otroligt nojda med utsikten fran vart sovrum!

Have we found a fantastic campsite, right next to a lake. Was very happy with the views from every bedroom!



Aven nojda med gasspisen vi fick med i vart kop, trots att den drar lite mycket gas.

Also satisfied with the gas stove we had in our purchase, although it still draws a lot of gas.

I narheten upptackte vi den fantastiska skogen Reedwood och beslot oss for att utforska denna. Smidigt nog fanns det olika rundor att valja. Vi valde den som var 34 km lang, den var lang, vacker och tog sju timmar att ga. Sen var vi extremt nojda, trotta och hungriga.

Nearby we discovered the amazing woods Reed Wood and decided to explore this. Smooth enough, there were different rounds to choose. We chose it as it was 34 km long, it was tall, handsome, and took seven hours to go. Then we were extremely happy, tired and hungry.

Morgonen efter (efter frukost och morgondopp) kande vi oss redo att fortsatta var utforskning, men denna gangen pa mountainbikes. Vilket var forvanansvart extremt kul!

The morning after (after breakfast and morning dip), we felt ready to continue our exploration, but this time on mountain bikes. Which was surprisingly very fun!

Nytt hem! New Home!

Efter att ha fatt ordentligt med traning i Raglan atervande vi till Auckland och vara fantstiska vardar Chris, Sarah, Ethan och Aaron! Medans vi borjade leta efter en bil beslot vi oss for att utoka var kulturella del av resan genom att besoka Auckland Artgalleri. Har ar vara favoriter:

After getting plenty of exercise in Raglan atervande us to Auckland and be fantstiska Vardar Chris, Sarah, Ethan and Aaron! As we begin to look for a car, we decided to expand our cultural part of the trip by visiting the Auckland Artgalleri. Here are our favorites:

Ethan guidade oss med gladje upp till One Tree Hill for att visa oss den fantastika utsikten over stan. Tror att han var mest nojd med vagen upp.

Ethan guided us with joy up to One Tree Hill to show us the fantastic view of the town. Think he was most pleased with the way up.

Bast att pusta ut pa toppen och aterhamta oss.

Best to take a breather at the top and regenerate ourselves

Vagen ner var lite lattare.

The way down was a bit easier

Efter Mount Edan var det dags att aterga till vart uppdrag att hitta en bil.

After Mount Edan, it was time to return to our mission to find a car.

Som tur var stannade inte Chris och Ethan kvar vid vulkanen utan foljde med oss vidare pa var jakt. Forst valde vi att avsluta all form av julkansla genom att se den laskiga jultomten och hans renar forsvinna.

Luckily did not stop Chris and Ethan left the volcano, but went with us on our hunt. Forst, we chose to end all forms of the Christmas spirit by making sure the creepy Santa Claus and his reindeer will disappear.

Efter lite letande hittade vi antligen vart nya hem! Tidigare agare nagra trevliga tyskar som dopt bilen till Rainer, vart storsta problem nu ar om vi ska forsvenska det genom att byta till Ragnar eller byta helt. Nagra forslag? Det forslag som forst far 100 roster vinner!

After some searching we found finally our new home! Former owner some nice Germans who had baptized the car to the Rainer, our biggest problem now is whether we should MAKE SWEDISH it by switching to 'Ragnar' or change completely. Any suggestions? The proposal that first gets 100 votes wins!

Med vart nya fardemedel, hem och leksak ar vi redo for att fortsatta var fantastiska resa! Tack for all hjalp att fixa detta! Min och Patricks tekniska erfarenhet hade inte rackt langt sa TUSEN TACK for all hjalp att fixa detta!

With every new fardemedel, home and toys, we are ready to continue our amazing journey! Thanks for all your help to fix this! My technical experience and Patrick had not lasted long said THANKS for all your help to fix this!