Tokyo!!!

Third attempt going to Tokyo. Till now everything looks pretty much like

 it will work out this time ;)

I hope AirNewZealand is well prepared for me and they still serve one of the best

 Sauvignon Blank I ever had.

Hector's dolphin

That's how you start a day ;)

Kaikura

After three days staying in Kaikura, some impressions.

delicious!

 

Sadly, no Orca's so I can not put them off my bucket list.

Hopefully I can dive with some Hector Dolphins tomorrow

Botanic Garden Wellington

For my special female readership, a small impression of the Botanical Rose Garden in Wellington.

At least one thing I learned about gardening today ;)

The one we have to plant next time is "Strawberry Cream". The name describes perfectly

how it smells, awesome!!!

Tongariro Alpine Crossing

19km walking up and down, worth it? YES, but if you want a sporty challenge, try not to

walk, instead just run as long as you can. I was expecting something close to

the volcano walk I did in the Azores last Year, at least the exercise part ;) But the rest was nice,

specially the view, the lakes and the red crater.

You will start at 1100m, climb up to 1900m and after 19km the finish line is on 750m

Compared to Mt. Pico, this track is VERY well prepared.

Greg, we should try to do this in under 4hours ;)

One picture for my male reader.. Can't wait to see this eruption ;)

At the moment I find it a bit annoying that we are surrounded by German speaking

people (Germans, Swiss). Sure everybody talks about New Zealand and going there, but

really so many? I'm not traveling around the world for meeting them...

Screw you all, that's my once a lifetime vacation!!! ;)