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Kovetkezo kalandunk Milford soundba sodort minket, ahol a
pompas uj-zelandi fjordokat tudtuk tuzetesebben tanulmanyozni. De persze
mielott belevagnek, nehany fun fact. 200 dollarba kerul az illegalis freedom
kemping. Ezt sajat borunkon tapasztaltuk meg mivel rossz helyen alltunk meg
paripankkal az ejszakara. Ezt en szurtam el, hisz varoson kivul is megoldhattuk
volna, de a tura es sok vezetes, az ejfelig tarto vezetes tul kiszivott engem
is. No, de lesz ez meg igy se. :D
Stopposunk is volt meg egy megint csak japanbol. A kertesz
fiu sajna elegge torte a nyelvet, de siman megallas nelkul vegignevette az
utat. Birsasogs reggelunk utan sikerult egy remek utszeli helyet talalni a
kovetkezo ejszaka atveszelesere. Az elhagyatott mellekutak szepsege, hogy a
kutya se jar arra, max a birkak.
Szoval, a Milford Sound. Te Anaubol indult kirandulasunk,
miutan en bevasaroltam a szokasos energia reggelimet. A paripank szomjasan
kezdte a aszfaltot harapdalni, igy meg az elejen visszakellett fordulni, de
sebaj, mikor ujra nekiveselkedtunk ket francia stoppolo leanyt sikerult
felvenni. Ok csak a kozeli turahelyre tartottak, de egy legalabb mi is
megkaptuk a napi stopposkvotat.
A fjord hajo utat masnap reggel kilencre foglaltuk, az az
nem volt nagy sietseg. Megalltunk itt-ott fotozni, gyonyorkodni a kilatasban.
Fenn a hegyekben belebotlottunk egy kis kavicsos mellekutba, ami egy aprocska
kis tisztasra vezetett. Szinte kinalta magat nekunk aznap ejszakara.
A szallas, es baratsagos kismadarka mellett csillagos eget
is kinalt nekunk a helyszin. Persze, mast is tartogatott nekunk a magashegyi
buvohely. Csillagos eges ejszakanak megvan az a szepsege, hogy hideget is hoz. J Sejtettuk is, szoval
felkaptuk az osszes meleg ruhat magunkra, beuzmeltuk Atinak a teli halozsakot,
mivel o kevesebb vastag ruhat dobott be a kocsiba. Eppenseggel, kellett is
minden gonc, reggel a satram egy jeg volt.
Vicces a nyar kozepen latni…
Elerkezett a reggel, mi se fagytunk meg, johetett a fjord!
El kell, hogy mondjam ezen a teruleten 200 napot esik az eso evente, de en 3
alkalombol ketszer napsutesben erkeztem. Ez nem volt maskepp a mostani negyedik
alkalommal sem. Egy ora alatt atautoztunk a kikotobe es
indult a kirandulas. Meg mindig pazar a latvany. Egekbe emelkedo meredek
hegyek, melyeket a gleccser formazott az evmilliok soran. Fokak, vizesesek mar
csak hab a tortan.
Ezuttal annyira nyugodt volt az ido, hogy meg a nyilt
tengerig is ki tudtunk hajozni. Visszafele azert elbujtak a kis esofelhok, de
szerencsere kegyesek voltak velunk es konnyeikkel nem aldottak meg minket.
Sikeres felfedezesunk kovetkezo eleme a Kea hegyi papagajjal
valo talalkozas volt. A kis joszagok nem nagyon felnek az embertol, de annal
jobban szeretik az autokon talalhato muanyag dolgokat. Persze, egy jo fotoert
siman bealdozunk egy kocsi ajto nyillaszaro gumit. :D
A madarkak utan, meg betuszkoltunk egy zaro turat, hogy
felmasszunk meg egy vizeseshez, majd elmenyekkel gazdagon nekivagtunk kovetekzo
szallashelyunk levadaszasanak.
Petty
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Our next adventure led us in Milford Sound, where we could
examine in details the astonishing fjords of New Zealand. But before diving in
the story, once again some fun facts. The illegal freedom camping costs 200
dollars. Well… we learned about this the hard way, since we parked our stallion
in the wrong place. I have to admit, this one was on me. We could have parked
outside the city. The extensive tramp and the long drive ‘til midnight took its
toll, in the form of 200 crispy dollars.
We got another hitchhiker as well. The young japanese
gardener guy was not too good in english, but that did not prevent him to laugh
during the whole trip. Also, after the bad day with the fine, we managed to
find a nice freedom camp on a side road. These abandonded rads have the
advantage, that noone visits them! Except maybe some sheep and possums.
Sooo, Milford Sound. Our trip started from Te Anau after I
equipped myself with thye usual power breakfast. Our stallion started to chew
through the kilometers a bit too thirsty, so we had to turn back, but now
worries! As we started the trip once again we bumped into two french hitchhiker
ladies. We hit two birds with one stone, they’ve got to the tramp trail nearby
and we reached our daily hitchhiker quote.
We booked the boat trip the next morning at 9 am, so we were
not in a rush. We stopped here and there and did the compulsory touristy stuff.
In the late afternoon we found a small gravel road that led to a small plain
area surrounded with trees. It has clearly invited us for the overnight sleep.
The accomodation offered us a friendly bird and clear sky
with millions of stars. It also had some surprises for the naïve travellers.
The clear sky brings some cold as well. We knew that, so we dressed up with all
the warm stuff we had. I gave the winter sleeping bag to Ati, since he did not
put in the car some of his warm clothes. We needed the preparations… My tent
was one solid ice structure in the morning. Surprise, surprise in the middle of
the summer.
The morning came, we did not freeze to death, so up for the
fjords! I have to say, in this area it rains 200 days a rain, yet two times out
of three I had sunny weather. This forth time wasn’t any different either. We
drove down the harbour in an hour and were ready for the excursion. It is still
spectacular. The tall steep mountains grown ‘til the sky were carved be the
glaciers during the millions of years. Cute seals and massive waterfalls were
only some sweet icing on the cake.
The ocean was so calm
that the ship even dared to head out the wide open water. The rainy clouds
started gathering on the way back, fortunately they were generous and did not blessed
us with their tears that day.
The next element of our successful Milford exploration was
the contact with the Kea parrots. The little animals are not really afraid of
humans, but they really like the plastic and rubber pieces of the cars. Of
course it was a small sacrifice to loose a little piece of door sealing rubber
for the nice photo.
After the bird we squeezed in one last hike to the nearby
waterfall, than we continued our ride to find our next nights accomodation.
Peter, Hot Balls, Pumpkin
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