Back to North

On the way back north we first drive over the second highest moutain pass in New Zealand, quite a good view for a pass ;) 

Next point on the itinerary was Mount Cook, the highest Mountain in New Zealand with over 3700 meters. Again we were really lucky with the weather ;)

The lake is so blue because of particles from the glaciers

Left high mountain is Mount Cook

After we arrived at our hostel we went for a walk. We could decide between an easy and a hard one. Of course I selected the hard one... It was over 2200 steps ...

This is the mountain we hiked

Took me around 1 hour

we did it :D 

Let's go for a swim :P

Was a bit cold and itchy

The steps ;)

After these hard hike we relaxed and watched a few movies. Sadly it is not so easy to go up to Mount Doom, thats more for pros...

The weather changed again :/ 

On the way to Rangitat we saw a couple of things. Normally you can do here, probably one of the best raftings in the world, but because of the rain the water raised to high for it...

Beautiful church in an awesome area (was a wedding)

Yeah one of our highlights, a big tree ... :P

We slept at the raft center was in the middle of nowhere. But we relaxed, played ultimate frisbee, watched movies and had an amazing BBQ :D simple awesome ;)  The other boys also decided to drink, drink and go to a party, was quite a fun for us when they came back :D

Was the last night traveling with Suzanne and Iris.

Sleeping in the third level ;D

Getting up early next morning...

Meanwhile in New Zealand :)

The girls jumped off the bus in Christchurch to flight to Auckland, smarter then driving all the hours up there ;)
At least I had a day with beach time and nice people in Kaikoura.

And I also eat my first fish and chips. A little bit of a surprise, it tested good ;) No idea why I waited so long.

On the way to Picton we stopped at the coast to see more seals. There are a lot of great places to spot them in New Zealand.

Picton means ferry again. It is a comfortable ferry, but still it is after the whole time of moving really annoying. Finally we made it to Wellington again. Last night with these people and looking forward to a 10 hours drive, we had a awesome night out! The DJ really rocked the club and knew how to play the shit ;) awesome dude!

Next day was one of the hardest, driving 10 hours after 2 hours of sleep... I got a bit sick after these exhausting days... But next day means again driving up to Pahia, not so munch time to recover. 

Next big tree on our way...

After I arrived in Pahia I took my time to get well again Beach, Movie and relax time!!

After my last Beach in New Zealand I left back to Auckland for two days. These days were kind of lazy, I only organised a few things for the States. I managed to meet Sandra again before she flow to Fiji's. Hope everything is going to be right after the storm.

Best ATM in the city ;)

Dessert at the MC Donald's :D

At my last day in New Zealand I managed to watch UCL again :D didn't saw a Bayern game for ages. Thanks to my brother for the VPN and Flo for the WiFi ;)

WOW no New Zealand is over... Was so incredible fast the last few weeks! Awesome country to visit, amazing people I met and great time I had!!! Thanks to everyone and everything who was a part of my exhausting, crazy and great trip in NZ!!!

Next stop I the past... Hawaii here I come!!!

Cheers
Steffen