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Skydive in Queenstown
On November - 12 - 2006
My first skydive in Queenstown, New Zealand. Read the rest of this entry »
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Abel Tasman National Park
On November - 6 - 2006
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Search for the new chief of Vuna village
On October - 25 - 2006
Being chief of a Fijian village is a job of a lifetime. After being elected by the chief family the chief can do whatever he wants until he dies – in good or bad ways. When he dies people mourn for 100 days. In that time of grifing they will not go fishing but they will knot a new fishing net what will be inaugurated the first day after the 100 days of mourning. The complete chief family arrives from all Fijian families for that festivities. I was invited as well of Archie who works at Susie’s plantation (where I stay at the time) and his father who belong to the chief family. We used the first time the new net and got all kinds of fish. After that we had food and cake and kava. I am glad I could experience this since its very unique.
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Visiting Caspar, Alieska and Sophie
On October - 24 - 2006
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Temple and Orchid Garden
On October - 2 - 2006
Cape Reinga
On August - 18 - 2006
Early in the morning I went with some guys I met at the diving to Cape Reinga the northern spot of New Zealand. Here the Pacific meets the Tasmanian sea. You can see a line in the water. Before we stoped at the Matari Beach and the Kerikeri Falls.
And what happend as I am in front of the famous Cape Reinga lighthouse? My other camara ‘died’. Don’t know why… but didn’t work. So I was happy to have a one-way-camera in my bag, watch the difference again…
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Up north – visiting the kiwi
On August - 16 - 2006
The fixing of my photo camera takes about a week. So I decided to travel up north again to Whangarei to see the waterfalls. After I will go to Tutukaka for diving the ‘Poor Knights Islands’. Then I wanted to go to Pahia at the Bay of Islands. From there to Cape Reinga the northern point of New Zealand. Because I had no car I booked the ‘Stray Bus’. The driver was nice and funny and on the first day we stopped at a native forest with a 800 years old Kauri. Look at the pictures how small I am compared to this anciant giant…
Then we stopped at the ‘Native Bird Recovery Center’ of Robert and his wife. They take care since ages of the native birds. If you wanna touch a real kiwi you have only here the chance. I touched the cute ‘Sparky’. He is one-legged, so he can’t live in the wild again. Unfortunately he was trapped once. But here he found a new home. There is also the funny talking tui ‘Woof woof’ and a kissing Indian miner bird called ‘Morris’.
In the afternoon I checked in at the ‘Whangarei Falls Backpackers’. But this was a bad choice. The couple who owns this place was very grumpy. My room was ice cold at night and when I turned on the heater the fire alarm immediately started. Had a really bad night. But at least the Whangarei falls are beautiful…
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The Blue Lagoon at Nanuya Lailai
On August - 2 - 2006
Today morning I went diving at the Blue Lagoon. The dive site was called ‘Tom’s Tumb’. I’ve heard that in this area are many dead corals and it is not worth to dive there. But I really wanted to know if that is true. And yes, it was. Its was too expensive (F$ 100 for one dive) and you will see less things alive and a big graveyard for corals, everything gray and demolished. But in 18m dept I found the most beautiful Kauri shell ever. After being back for lunch I produced a coconut bracelet. The Israelis left to Naviti where I want to go the next day for going diving at the ‘Manta Ray Resort’. I phoned immediately with ‘Coconut Bay Resort’ and there were still beds available (funny: two days ago they say it was booked out). In the afternoon I went with Lisa from California to the Blue Lagoon for snorkeling. In the evening I had some Kava and played some games. Could only take a few pictures since I only had some left on my quick snap cam… Too bad my SLR had dropped into the water and didn’t work…
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