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Lockdown in <36 hours

Publicado: 23.03.2020

Yeah guys, I'm stuck in New Zealand. I bought (stupidly) a flight ticket for 750€ that had a connection flight in Tokyo where I had to change airports within Tokyo, which is not possible as a German or without Visa. I had an insurance for that but long story short: Online booking services and insurances are just huge d*cks.

So I'm stuck in this beautiful hostel with 20+ people. It feels more like a hippie community then a hostel tho and I'm very happy here.

So this is probably the last travel entry of the blog, I might keep you up to date about my quarantine life at the other end of the world.

But first I'll tell you about my last days traveling!

If you google the Mt Taranaki you find pictures of a very reflective lake which looks just stunning. In reality it is more a pond then a lake but we (Alice and me) went there anyway.

Once out of the jungle, the view was as usual very nice.
Funny trees on the way
There is also a Hut on the way, it's actually one of these multi day hikes here.

Aaaaand there we are!

Taranaki in all it's beauty
I really like the way Alice shirt was so visible in the reflection
So I had to wear it too
Maybe a tad too small for me but hey 🤷🏼‍♂️

On the way back there was a helicopter at the hut and believe it or not but he only came to get the full toilet out of there and bringing an empty one.

We then left Gigi because due to the Corona situation I wanted to sell Otto fast and get a plane back home. But we had one more stop on the way and that was Tauranga. A beautiful city at the ocean where Dan was, a friend of me who lived in Germany and currently re-visited his former home again.
Coast line of Tauranga

We drove to where Dan stayed and had a small party with Rocky, his kids, his girlfriend and Dan.

We saw starlink, Elon Musks satellite program. You can observe them from time to time in New Zealand when they get launched. In the beginning they fly in a straight line, later they spread apart and orbit our planet individually.

Not so super visible here
Technology has come so far..
First time having a fire in New Zealand
The next morning before we left

I sold Otto in Auckland, the capital and went to the hostel. Here are some pictures of it, it's really lovely!

And this is where I'm sitting and typing this entry now..

I'll chill here with the other stranded backpackers/camper van owners and wait for Germany to get us back home.

Lockdown will come after tomorrow and we get cozy here, at least we are all in great company.

Call me if you get too bored and we have some quarantine talk across the globe 😂

So far so good, stay safe, healthy and away from others,

Laurin

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