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After exploring Rotorua and seeing what our Earth must have looked like millions of years ago, we set off in our mobile home to experience new eras from different perspectives.

Our first destination in this regard was Napier, which was one of the most beautiful cities we have ever seen, not only in New Zealand. After a devastating earthquake in 1931, the city was completely destroyed and rebuilt in just 22 months. This has made Napier famous and popular as an Art Deco city. The charming buildings and artistic gardens exude a 1930s charm that you would not find in Germany, because when you think of all German buildings from the 1930s, you automatically think, 'Oh, Hitler.'

Our journey continued westward, where our destination is Mount Egmont. But first, we had to pass through Highway 43, also known as the Forgotten World Highway. If it hadn't said 'Highway' on a sign at the beginning, we would never have known we were on one. After what felt like 3,876,348 curves, the road suddenly turned into a gravel path that stretched for several kilometers. Not to mention that in some places, an entire lane of the road had simply collapsed. Our personal highlight of the route: the first tunnel we passed through in New Zealand. More like a hole with an exit, taller than it is wide, which strongly resembled a ghost train.

Nevertheless, we arrived safely at Mount Egmont and took advantage of the sunny weather to hike a trail today. The almost untouched forests and adventurous paths made us feel like indigenous people roaming through the undergrowth.

And after all the impressions, here are our birds of the day and at the same time a completion of our animals by the roadside. Today: turkeys.