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Det blev en - delvis ofrivillig - bloggpaus här på några dagar. Vi har bland annat suttit på en buss i 26 timmar och varit på ställen utan internet. Igår firade vi min 25-årsdag (tack för alla gratulationer!) och då kände jag inte för att ta fram datorn men nu har det blivit dags att ta vid där vi slutade sist. I realtid befinner vi oss i Argentina men jag tänkte gå lite tillbaka i tiden och berätta om när vi såg vilda sälar på Nya Zeeland (norra öns sydspets) samt visa er lite av vår vistelse i Wellington, Nya Zeelands huvudstad.
Jag hann knäppa en bild på sälen innan den försvann iväg.
I managed to snap a picture of the seal before it disappeared.
Efter vulkan-parken åkte vi ner till Castle Point och sov en natt. Vi vaknade av att solljuset trängde in genom bilrutan. Käkade frukost och gick mot fyren. Där finns ett berg som har kommit upp ur vattnet för många, många år sedan så det finns snäckor insprängda i berget. Supercoolt. När vi står där håller Tim på och fipplar med sin mobil eftersom han fått ett voice mail från någon kines på det Nya Zeeländska numret. Då märker jag att det sitter - vad jag tror är - en staty en bit ifrån mig. Innan jag hinner tänka så har statyn börjar röra på sig. Jag har sett min första vilda säl och blir lite väl exhalterad så jag skriker på Tim. Tim hinner se den väldigt snabbt men den blev rädd och sprang iväg.
Vägen var helt galen med höga berg och vacker natur. Återigen mycket likt Norge fast mer ”regnskogsaktigt”. Vi har hört att södra ön är än mer likt Norge då det inte har det tropiska klimatet där.
Hello! Hope you are feeling good and had a great midsummer weekend 🌸
It became a - partly planned - blog break for a few days. We have amoungst other things been sitting on a bus for 26 hours and had been without the internet for a long time. Yesterday we celebrated my 25th birthday (thank you for all the congratulations!) and because of that I didn't feel like bringing out the computer but now it's time to update from where we finished last time. In real time we are in Argentina but I was going to go back in time and tell you about when we saw wild seals in New Zealand (the southern tip of the northern island) and show you a bit of our stay in Wellington, New Zealand's capital city.
After the volcanic park we went to Castle Point for one night. We woke up by the sunlight through the car window. Ate breakfast and went towards the lighthouse. There is a mountain that has come out of the water many, many years ago so there are shells buried in the rock. Super cool. While we are standing there and Tim are listening to a voice mail that he got from a Chinese to the New Zealand number I notice that - what I think is - a statue just besides me. Before I can even think, the statue started to move. I have seen my first wild seal and got a little bit too excited so I scream at Tim to come and see it. Tim saw it very quickly but it got scared and ran away.
We walk past the lagoon and up to the lighthouse. So beautiful. Below the lighthouse were also some seals. I was so so excited about having seen the first seal ever but later on we went to northern New Zealand's southernmost tip where we saw LOTS of seals and not just that but also a lot of babies this time of the year. So cute! In the app that we use to find activities and campsites in New Zeeland it said that it would be seals here but I actually think it is sea lions that we have seen most of the time.
The road was crazy with high mountains but a beautiful scenery. Again, very much like Norway though more "rainforest"-like. We have heard that the southern island is even more like Norway, as it does not have the tropical climate.
We went further down towards Wellington. It was extremely windy and driving with our big campervan inside the city was not so easy as the roads are small and it is very steep in places. The following morning, we drove to the lighthouse and had breakfast with the world's most beautiful view. The sun is also came out. Tim had felt a little sick with a sore throught for some days and still didn't feel good so we went to the health center. The doctor believes that it is streptococci and Tim gets his 3rd antibiotic prescription in just over four months. Crazy! However, I advised him not to eat the tablets yet and after a few more days the throat was good so it was lucky that he did not take the antibiotic.
In Wellington we also passed Weta Cave to visit the troll, watch the view from the Victoria Mountain and looked at some LOTR recording sites. We wave goodbye to windy Wellington and continued north again.
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