A day in between
18 Sunday February 2007 Filed in: Travel
The
caravan park we slept at this night was a Top 10
(teeeen) again same company as the first day in
Auckland. They are a little bit more expensive
but usually they have a little higher standard
then the others. This one in Waitomo was no
exception from that. It had both jacuzzi and a
big pool and also wireless networking over the
whole park. It was a joy to wake up and see the
nature and the surroundings.
Today was a transportation day and the only thing we looked at was a place called the Shearing Shed, a little house with a shop where they sheared rabbits and sold the wool and knitted clothes from these gigantic angora rabbits. Anna was in heave and she was standing next to a big one, patting its fur. I hope we got a good picture of one of them.
After that we traveled to the center of the north island. I wanted to see the mountains and wow did my dreams come through when suddenly, after driving a couple of hours, we saw the mother of all mountains, Mt. Doom. A horrible black shape in the distant with the bigger and snow-coated Mt. Ruapehu at its side. What a sight. After a stopping in a little wild west village on the way, making and eating a nice indian korma curry we drove close to the two mountains, to a camping site called Whakapapa. It was sited near a river and as usual Susanne wanted a cabin to sleep in. The site had more of a ski-resort feeling and the cabin was big and nice. Our plans for the next day was to climb Mt. Doom, who actually was called Mt Ngauruhoe, so we warmed up this evening with the third movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Today was a transportation day and the only thing we looked at was a place called the Shearing Shed, a little house with a shop where they sheared rabbits and sold the wool and knitted clothes from these gigantic angora rabbits. Anna was in heave and she was standing next to a big one, patting its fur. I hope we got a good picture of one of them.
After that we traveled to the center of the north island. I wanted to see the mountains and wow did my dreams come through when suddenly, after driving a couple of hours, we saw the mother of all mountains, Mt. Doom. A horrible black shape in the distant with the bigger and snow-coated Mt. Ruapehu at its side. What a sight. After a stopping in a little wild west village on the way, making and eating a nice indian korma curry we drove close to the two mountains, to a camping site called Whakapapa. It was sited near a river and as usual Susanne wanted a cabin to sleep in. The site had more of a ski-resort feeling and the cabin was big and nice. Our plans for the next day was to climb Mt. Doom, who actually was called Mt Ngauruhoe, so we warmed up this evening with the third movie in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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