Here I am ...
Finally I arrive in New Zealand ... came at the end of the first part of my journey ...
What can I say, New Zealand leaves me with a little 'of bitter taste in the mouth, with a lot of feelings and emotions, in my small way I thought it was a sort of imaginary unspoiled paradise populated by fairies and fairy tales and myths articulated ...
Actually 'life here flows very similar to the old Europe, the very small ski resort are very expensive and limited under- (Also global warming does not spare even the land of the hobbit ... no snow this year ... many stones ... percu goodbye to my projects helisky ...) the green hills that you see on TV are indeed breathtaking initially but when you see the small area of \u200b\u200brich rainforest that resists only because 'protected by the establishment of a few (too small) national parks, you realize that in fact the hills were once a huge forest and are now endless expanses of grass for grazing for the millions of sheep ... (Incidentally here and merino wool 'pruduly made!)
This is' a picture that makes the idea ... shows the three phases, the islands in origin, after the first settlement and deforestation with the arrival of Europeans (inglesi. .. please)
And then there are the locals, very friendly and nice but too British, apart from the Maori huge off-premises that are always hunted me because of my shoes ... Maori designers all sti ...
This was the first overall impression, then I have shaken off a bit moody and I am left to engage + colors, from green, the rainbows ... rain, the ocean from the mountains, and finally I found New Zealand was looking for, the south west coast of the island, this is' the place with dense rainforest is still intact and safe from the clutches shepherds too greedy ... huge gigantic montage snowy fjords, glaciers coming down into the valley and are mixed with plants ... fantastic beaches and strange rock formations that make you feel really small, emotions you will run along the spine and make you feel alive as you ride the tide or meeting between the plants ... I found myself dancing in montage and huge trees, I put my hands in the damp earth, the night glow worms (small fluorescent vermicelli) I saw waterfalls fabulous, I climbed glaciers, I laughed with real kiwi, I excited about my first encounter with the seals and sea lions, I was impressed watching the penguins cuddling each other ...
That 's the true picture of a Kiwi ... from which comes the name of the famous fruit ...
A lot of time to contemplate what has yet to learn ...
Ok that prostitution and 'legal here, but the restaurant indulges itself with colorful names ...
Auckland night view from the tower ... proudly say that around here the most 'high in the southern hemisphere ... (Thank you, qunato City 'are industrialized southern hemisphere?)
This It' s a typical house for meetings that are used by Maori for decide questions of the community '
Here I am with Geoff, with whom I traveled for a while', a friendly American who likes to call New York City (a bit like all citizens ...) won a scholarship and is making a bit of country to do some research on the ballet ... We are in Rotorua, New Zealand home of the spa and the hostel was very friendly ...
This' old English sanatorium, and I think the Maori who lived in the forests and then you get the British stuff and build a ... who knows what must have thought ...
And then there's them, the real masters of this land, the Maori, proud of their culture, which, I must admit, are a form of art that really hits, there is the best b-boy who can stand up to Maori artists ...
In fact, when I arrive at the Taupo I walk by turning a taste of what nature can be beautiful here ...
The spa is a bit all over the island Northern
the window of the bus I like this sunshine, it was open a crack in the clouds ...
This' Film Mount Mordor LOTR
Here gulls seemed to be posing
And since prostitution and 'office, sometimes you are strange encounters, this guy wanted to sell us the Japanese ...
is approaching 137 and says I have Japanese interests you? there I can make some ...
Here instead are always in one of the LOTR Sopta
and passing through the villages I caught this gallery really interesting ...
Yet these ladies busy to go shopping all dressed up ...
Fichissima the Penguins, unfortunately the day they show great little ...
Moeraki, these rock formations are unique and seem like huge dinosaur eggs ...
I need to feel in touch with the mighty land ...
This seems almost surreal ...
And this' hostel in the Catlins, near + pinto in the south that can be achieved ...
and this' view from the window
(hence I called nina :-)
Try to do so with only one click and a tiny moon inmezzo the forest and with his hands still muddy for them strung between the glow worms ...
Catlins
And this place has definitely struck me ...
immense snow-capped mountains covered with rainforest that goes directly overlooking the ocean ...
MILFORD SOUND
seals and excite me ...
Milford Sound
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Never before seen so brilliant rainbows ...
Magic ... (Near Fox)
And here are close to Fox Glacier ...
amazing because right through the forest ends
And while I try to climb the glacier, I make friends with Daniel, an expert climber who lend me 'his racquet glacier climb without guides, and my sneakers, I decided to trust his experience ... (Hopefully)
Tomorrow: good day, before I climb the glacier of Mount Cook shot a glare on the lake ...
and here are the glacier ... kazza
and instead here we are right on top, really charming view of
I move north + ...
evening with friends of the local radio station (50 km) and tonight the moon 'red eclipsed because the earth ...
I lit the fire out of the hostel ... background, the red moon ...
and THIS and 'truly naive
and e' the time to say goodbye until the next episode in a few days I will return to Australia and then the adventure begins Africa in the company of beautiful Nina ...
Kisses hugs
