A big balloon that carry us both, filled with water, running down the hill...
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יום שלישי, פברואר 06, 2007
Zorb
This morning we went to do some of the extreme adventures in Roturoa - The Zorb.
A big balloon that carry us both, filled with water, running down the hill...
A big balloon that carry us both, filled with water, running down the hill...
Izick's Sky Dive
Yesterday, 5 of February 2007, Izick had his first sky dive.
He was scheduled to do it early in the morning. It was delay by him since the sky were filled with clouds and according to the weather forecast it was about to be clear.
So, we drove to the sky dive club at 13:00. Izick didn't show any fear, what so ever.
After more than 30 minutes wait, he had all his gear on him and he almost could taste the trill in his body.
Just as he was about to go on the plan, the club postpone the dive to 17:00, since there was strong winds.
Disappoint, izick left the place hoping he will have his jump that day.
On the way out of the airport, Izick thought to try his luck in a different company, and to his luck they were willing to take him on a dive without waiting for the wind to cool down.
At first I didn't like the idea, but it's not me that making the shots (and not the one who is going to do it).
From this point only the pictures can tell you the story....
He was scheduled to do it early in the morning. It was delay by him since the sky were filled with clouds and according to the weather forecast it was about to be clear.
So, we drove to the sky dive club at 13:00. Izick didn't show any fear, what so ever.
After more than 30 minutes wait, he had all his gear on him and he almost could taste the trill in his body.
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Just as he was about to go on the plan, the club postpone the dive to 17:00, since there was strong winds.
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| From Sky Dive |
Disappoint, izick left the place hoping he will have his jump that day.
On the way out of the airport, Izick thought to try his luck in a different company, and to his luck they were willing to take him on a dive without waiting for the wind to cool down.
At first I didn't like the idea, but it's not me that making the shots (and not the one who is going to do it).
From this point only the pictures can tell you the story....
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Tongeraro circute - The Last Track
As you can already guess from the title of the post, we have been in another track, but this one is really the last one (according to Izick, it's the last one in New Zealand, so It's probably not the end of it...).
This track was quite different from all the other ones we have done so far.
Before I'll start telling you all about the track, I have to explain how we got there.
It all started when we've moved north to the North Island.
We took the ferry from Picton which is 2 hours car ride from Nelson, the last city we have been in the south island.
We also took our car with us, on a trip at sea.
It was a very big ferry and the ride was quite nice. For me it was a great ride, because for the first time I didn't got sea sick (maybe it was all thanks to the special bracelets I bought in Israel for that exact purpose...).
After 3.5 hours ride we arrive to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand (you learn new things every time you read this blog...).
We could feel right a way the different between this city and all the other cities we have been to so far. The city really looked like a big, modern, alive city (a miniature Manhattan). I was very surprised to see something like that in New Zealand.
We spent 2 days in Wellington. We went to the 'Te Papa' museum and to the botanic garden.
The thing is that the north island is quite boring, so there isn't much to do here. This is why we left only 2 weeks to travel in this part of New Zealand.
From Wellington we drove 400 kilometers to National Park, a small township.
From this town we took the track, not before we had another problem with our car. This time it was an ignition problem (another 120$ to the cost of the car).
Getting the car to the mechanic was quite an adventure this time. Since the car broke down 20 kilometers from where we were staying, and the place was quite small, we had to call the AA service (like SHGRIR in Israel). After more than 1 hour, someone arrived. He couldn't see what was the problem at that moment; and even if he could he had no extra parts or tools to fix it.So, he took a rope and connected the front of our car to the back of his car (he had no toeing equipment). We put our car in neutral and he just carry us all the way to his garage (50 Kilometers away). The ride was quite scary, since our wipers wasn't working and it was raining heavily and Izick had to control the car, so we want bump into the mechanic car. Finlay we arrived to his place and he gave us a ride back to our hostel.
After loosing our car we had the perfect time to go on a 3 day track, while our car is being fixed.
We didn't had much time to prepare to the track and we didn't had any bread. After some maneuvers we were ready to go on another track, and I was really hoping this will be my last one.
This track didn't had any bush or green mountain with snow, this time it was a volcanic mountains.
A real active volcano. This time there was no eruption so we can tell the story.
When we reached the top, 3 magnificent lakes were reveled to us (I think the pictures speaks for themselves).
After leaving those lakes we had another 2 hours walk in the dessert. It was really amazing to see something so different in New Zealand (so far all the views were the same: mountains covered with grass and forests).
The next 2 days we walked around the mountain (this is why it called Tongararo circuit). It was very beautiful seeing the 3 volcanic mountain in the area, every hour from a different side of it.
To Lavi, this track really was like walking in GVAOT GORAL (according to Izick).
When I finished the track I was so glad, since I knew that even thought it's not the last track in the whole trip, it's still the last one in New Zealand. And this is a real achievement for me. After 6 tracks in New Zealand, I must say that maybe at some times it was difficult or even frightening (for me), but this is the best way to taste the real New Zealand. And I recommend it to everyone who is thinking of coming here.
This track was quite different from all the other ones we have done so far.
Before I'll start telling you all about the track, I have to explain how we got there.
It all started when we've moved north to the North Island.
We took the ferry from Picton which is 2 hours car ride from Nelson, the last city we have been in the south island.
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We also took our car with us, on a trip at sea.
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| From Ride on the F... |
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| From Ride on the F... |
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| From Ride on the F... |
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| From Ride on the F... |
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| From Ride on the F... |
It was a very big ferry and the ride was quite nice. For me it was a great ride, because for the first time I didn't got sea sick (maybe it was all thanks to the special bracelets I bought in Israel for that exact purpose...).
After 3.5 hours ride we arrive to Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand (you learn new things every time you read this blog...).
We could feel right a way the different between this city and all the other cities we have been to so far. The city really looked like a big, modern, alive city (a miniature Manhattan). I was very surprised to see something like that in New Zealand.
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| From Wellington City |
We spent 2 days in Wellington. We went to the 'Te Papa' museum and to the botanic garden.
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| From Wellington City |
The thing is that the north island is quite boring, so there isn't much to do here. This is why we left only 2 weeks to travel in this part of New Zealand.
From Wellington we drove 400 kilometers to National Park, a small township.
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From this town we took the track, not before we had another problem with our car. This time it was an ignition problem (another 120$ to the cost of the car).
Getting the car to the mechanic was quite an adventure this time. Since the car broke down 20 kilometers from where we were staying, and the place was quite small, we had to call the AA service (like SHGRIR in Israel). After more than 1 hour, someone arrived. He couldn't see what was the problem at that moment; and even if he could he had no extra parts or tools to fix it.So, he took a rope and connected the front of our car to the back of his car (he had no toeing equipment). We put our car in neutral and he just carry us all the way to his garage (50 Kilometers away). The ride was quite scary, since our wipers wasn't working and it was raining heavily and Izick had to control the car, so we want bump into the mechanic car. Finlay we arrived to his place and he gave us a ride back to our hostel.
After loosing our car we had the perfect time to go on a 3 day track, while our car is being fixed.
We didn't had much time to prepare to the track and we didn't had any bread. After some maneuvers we were ready to go on another track, and I was really hoping this will be my last one.
This track didn't had any bush or green mountain with snow, this time it was a volcanic mountains.
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
A real active volcano. This time there was no eruption so we can tell the story.
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When we reached the top, 3 magnificent lakes were reveled to us (I think the pictures speaks for themselves).
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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After leaving those lakes we had another 2 hours walk in the dessert. It was really amazing to see something so different in New Zealand (so far all the views were the same: mountains covered with grass and forests).
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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The next 2 days we walked around the mountain (this is why it called Tongararo circuit). It was very beautiful seeing the 3 volcanic mountain in the area, every hour from a different side of it.
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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To Lavi, this track really was like walking in GVAOT GORAL (according to Izick).
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
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| From Tongerero Cir... |
When I finished the track I was so glad, since I knew that even thought it's not the last track in the whole trip, it's still the last one in New Zealand. And this is a real achievement for me. After 6 tracks in New Zealand, I must say that maybe at some times it was difficult or even frightening (for me), but this is the best way to taste the real New Zealand. And I recommend it to everyone who is thinking of coming here.
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