Meet Huey, Dewey and Louie…
… our new friends from Wellington. Had a fun time together. They are in the terraforming industry helping New Zealand to look more like the Shire by building new hills and digging out ditches for new river beds.
Mount Taranaki
With our muscles still sour from the Tongariro Crossing, we decided not to climb to the top, but to hike around the area of the mountain’s foot, which consists mostly of lush forests.
Forgotten World Highway
If you like driving narrows serpentines with stunning views in the mountains, cruising around cows that stand in the middle of the road, one-lane bridges and -tunnels (!), ghost towns, gravel roads, and always wanted to become a citizen of the world`s tiniest republic – then you should definitely drive the Forgotten World Highway between Taumarunui and Stratford. If you go in a campervan like ours, you shouldn`t get easily seasick. We’ve made our phone take a picture every…