New Zealand | Hmarchhak thliarkar | Khawvel tawp hun

~ Kia Ora & Kiwis Ram ah kan lo lawm a che ~

lush green a ni. Beram, chhum dum te tak te ang mai. Tlang ropui tak tak leh meialh te. thlamuang leh thlamuang takin. Thil nung chi hrang hrang (biodiversity) te. Mumang leh hmuhnawm tak a ni. Hriatthiam theih loh. thaw hahdam tak a ni. Rocky, icy leh fresh tak a ni.

He ram mawina sawina tur thumal dik tak kan hmu thei dawn lo tih kan hriat hian min ti lungngai hle a, kan thil tawnte pawh hmuh theiha kan sawi thei dawn lo bawk. Mahse kan thlalak leh recording te hian engtin pawhin hriatthiam nan thu lian tak tak a mamawh dawn lo... Pretty much everything passed one day, including our time in New Zealand. Tin.

Mahse, a bul lamah chuan zuang kir leh ila. New Zealand North Island atang hian tan ila ang u.

11/06/2017: Airport/Auckland kan thlen chuan kan frisk nghal a. Leia hiking shoes te, rannung chunga shell te, thing te, backpack chhunga ei tur ang maia lang zawng zawng (e.g. ball orange ang maia lang), etc. A chhan chu: New Zealand ramah chuan engmah an rawn luhtir thei lo - thil mak tak takte humhim turin nature in its sensitive Balance tihbuai lehzual lo turin - chu chu thil tha tak niin kan ngai / kan ngai bawk.

Airport-a first impression chu a ropui hle. Chutih laia kan mood chu a lum deuh hlek (Melbourne-a chhuah chhe lutuk avang khan) chu Maori friendliness langsar tak chuan a ti lum nghal vek a. Thing lem, jade lem, harmonious calm colors, nice looking locals content leh serene te. Delivery belt atang chuan kan backpack kan la a, bus-in Auckland - khawpui tenau tak, hmun tlemte tlawh mai mai aia hlu lo tak tak chu kan pan ta a. Ni hnih hnuah chuan lawng chawlhna hmun, khawpui chhung leh Maori hmun pawimawh tam tak kan tlawh kual a, ram chhunga kalna tur kawng tha ber tur kan sawiho a, a tawpah chuan camper chu la turin kan chhuak ta a ni.

Kan camper thar, automatic, microwave, fridge, battery 2, solar system, sink leh portable toilet hmanga thuam kan nih avangin chipchiar tak, inhriattirna ropui tak kan hmu a. Plastic outhouse leh tui dahna bawlhhlawh vangin kan car chu ‘mahni inthunun thei’ a ni a, chu chu kan park thei a, zan khat pawh kan riak thei tihna a ni, sawi dan chuan. An enormous enrichment, arsi kan en thei a, hmun mawi ber berteah zanriah leh chawhmeh kan ei theih avangin. Crockery leh mutna puan chu an pe leh ta a - tun ṭumah pawh (Australia-a ang bawkin) Herbert-a chuan mutna bag pahnih chu a sir sei takah chuan a siam khawm a, kan 240x220mm duvet cover kan kennaah chuan a dah a. Camper-te hian hetiang hian luxurious takin an mu ngai lo :).

Kar engemaw zat chhung chu Pack’n Save-ah ei tur, thil rimtui leh tui kan dahkhawm hnu chuan kan tum hmasa ber - Coromandl lam panin kan kal ta a. Kawng lakah chuan sensation hmasa ber: stingray lian tak, stranded. Kan ‘self-contained vehicles’ vangin kan zan hmasa ber chu tuipui kam pahnih in a hual vel thliarkar hmun hla takah kan hmang a. Zan rei tak thlenga arsi en reng. Hetih lai hian a rei berah chuan kan thinlung chu kiwi te nen chuan a hun takah a na tawh hle. Info: Kiwi hi ram aiawhtu rannung mai ni lovin, New Zealander native a designate bawk. Maori-ho nen chuan inthlau lo turin.

Ni chhuak nen chawhmeh kan ei zawh chuan ram pum huapin Hot Water Beach lam panin kan kal ta a. Darkar tlemte chhung zet chu lungpui leh hnim hring kan khalh a, ramngaw leh tlangte kan paltlang a, rin loh takin vawk huan enkawl tha tak (darkar khat chhung kan ding a, rannung hnim hringte chungah kan lawm hle) kal tlangin tuipui kamah kan thleng ta a ni. $5-in Spar (chu chu a dik :) shovel rent tur kan rent a, zan rei takah chuan Hot Water Beach hming dik tak vuah, sandy beach-ah khur kan lai a. Chuta tui chu 95° thlenga lum a ni a, lei chung atanga km 2 vel a hla lung lum (volcanic type) layer atanga lo chhuak a ni a, chu chuan a chunga tui dahkhawmna chu a ti lum a, tuikhuah hmangin chunglam hawiin a tlanchhuak thei a ni. Chu chu low tide-ah chauh hman theih a ni. A cosy and funny affair, chutih lai chuan orca te chuan kan hmaah tuipuiah an round an siam a.

A hnu ni engemaw zat chhung khan - ram mawi tak takah chuan kan tlan kual a, beram, bawnghnute, bunni leh thilsiam mawi tak tak tam tak kan hmuh theih loh lai khan - Cathedral Coves (lungpui leh tuipui kama lungpui) kan tlawh a, siam a ni a for Stefanie’s knees harsa mahse mak tak maiin darkar engemaw zat Mount Mangunu chhoh leh chu mi hnuah chuan sulfur hot pool-ah hun nuam tak kan hmang a.

Highlight chiang tak chu Hobbiton tlawh kha a ni. A hma ni khan hmun dik tak hriat tawh tur leh hobbit air soak up turin kan thleng a. Herbert chuan chuta awm security hnenah chuan a kal a, thu belhchian dawl lovin Hobbiton bula parking lot-ah chuan zan riah theih a ni em tih a zawt a, tlai lam a nih tawh avangin. Hlim takin a tawpah chuan parking hmun khar takah chuan kan park a, Middle-earth tling zanriah kan ei a, candle êngah musical accompaniment tling tak nen kan hmang ta a ni. Vengva. A tuk zingah: hobbit ‘tlemte’ te tan chawhmeh ei a, chumi hnuah Shire lam panin kan chhuak leh ang. Pure fascination, a tlang mawi tak tak, hobbit in te te, Green Dragon Inn leh i beng chhunga music dik tak awmna... Thlalak te hi enjoy rawh :).

A tawp ber chu Rotorua a ni. Khawpui chhunga sulphur rim a tha ber. Stefanie hian natural fart rim chu a duh lo hle. Zan khat chu thermal pool bulah kan riak a. rim a awm. A tuk zingah: sulfur tuikhuah, tuikhuah leh tuikhuah hmuhnawm tak takte tlawh rawh. Zan lama thil langsar dang: Maori Village. Bus-in kan chuang a, ramngaw hlui pakhata awm, khua dik tak hla tak chu kan pan ta a. Thuthlung hluiah chuan an zin chhung hian ‘boss’ thlan a ngai a, a tawpah chuan Herbert-a chu thlan a ni ta a ni. A rilru a hahdam a, a bus clan zawng zawng tow-a kal hmasak phalsak a ni fo bawk. Excursion ropui tak a ni.

Waiotapo lam panin kan tlan a, Thermal Wonderland kan tlawh bawk. Curious bright green, bright yellow, purple-red leh colourful pool, tuikhuah, lungpui leh tlangram te. A bul hnaiah zan riah tur chuan pool awlsam tak takte chu nuam ti takin awm rawh. A relax hle mai! Zawi zawiin ram pum huapin kan chhunzawm a, Waitomo leh Glowworm Caves thlengin kan ding a, chutah chuan Stefanie-i highlight kan hmu a. Wetsuit + pheikhawk leh swimming rings kengin mi dang 4 leh ram pum huapa lei hnuaia kilometer tam tak kal thei lungpui hlui hla tak takte panna kawng hruaitu ngaihnawm tak nen kan kal a. Lei hnuaiah meter 40 leh 100 inkar vel kan ni fo thin. Thim a ni. Ice tui lum tak. Waterfalls leh slide te chu engmah lovah - kan thawhrimna nasa tak a ni. Guide chuan ke leh hmalam mi ve ve swimming ring hmangin min khai a, zawi zawiin thim dum hring dup karah chuan min hruai lut ta a. Tin, kan chungah... üüüükhawi hmunah pawh taaaaathousands of fireflyes that lights of us for the ways in the meter 0.5-15 meter high caves. Info: Firefly te hi an lu ah emaw, an hnute ah emaw an eng lo. Pupsi chauh a eng chhuak. Kan mak tih ber chu guide chuan beisei loh takin a swimming ring chu lungpui reh takah chuan tui chungah a rawn vawm a - boom ri nasa tak chu lungpui chhungah chuan a kal a, glowworms te chu a let tam takin an eng nghal zung zung nghal a. "They just shit themselfes," guide chuan nui chungin min hriattir a. A enchanting tak zet a, mahse a hlauhawm deuh bawk. Tui chu A**** a vawt tak zet a ni. Herbert tan chuan a vawt lutuk tawh mai. Stefanie chuan tour zawng zawng chu tih leh vek a duh a :).

Taupo-ah chuan luiah zan khat kan hmang a, Herbert-a chuan lawng chawlhna hmunah ngei a sangha a ei chu a lawm hle. Golf ball tlemte chu luiah an paih a, chu chuan hole in one-ah $10,000 an hlawh chhuak thei a ni (hetih lai hian Vera&Tom hnenah chibai kan buk ;)).

Adventure dang chu Tongariro National Park-ah a ni. Turangi-a paddock/pasture-ah zan khat riah la, tlang kang (LotR fans zawng zawng tan Mountain of Destiny) hmuhnawm tak a awm bawk. Zing dar 4:50 vel khan kan tho a, power breakfast kan ei a, off chuan climb lam panin kan kal ta a. Vanduaithlak takin bul tanna (shuttle nen) kan thlen chuan tlang chungah km/h 120 thlenga chak taka thli a tleh avangin mi zawng zawng tan chhoh chu tihtawp a ngai ta a ni. Thu belhchian dawl zawk awm lovin thli tleh tlem zawka kal kan tum ta a - Tama Lakes lam pan chuan darkar tlemte hnuah kan thleng ta a ni. Mahse, thli chuan chutah pawh chuan a thleng ve ta niin a lang a, lui sang zawka chuang kan tum hnuah vanduaithlak takin leiah chuan kan kir leh a ngai ta a ni. Mahse, kea kalna mawi tak, tui tla sang tak tak awmna.

A tuk zingah thli a la chak lutuk avangin chu ni chu Mordor lam pan turin kan hmang ta a ni :). Mordor nge waterfall hi tuin nge hre? Herbert pawhin a hmun hla tak chu a hmang tangkai a, glacial river-ah chuan khaw lum takah a inbual a, chu chu rei vak lo chauh a ni. Quick tea hnuah.

A vawi hnihna atan Tongariro Alpine Crossing a ni. 4:50 alarm darkar a ni. Tukthuan. 6:15 Shuttle hmangin bul tanna hmun thlengin. Condition tha tak, nuam tak 30-60km/h ;). -5° leh hmun tinah haze a awm bawk. Chuvangin tour kalna kawngah engmah a ding lo. Darkar 8.5 vel chhungin tlang kang pahnih (Mount Doom + Mount Tongariro) inkar meter 1886 thlenga sang, tlangram mak tak chungah km 19.4 zet chu kan kal a, khawthlang lam lungpui thlengin kan chho leh a, kawngpui sang takah kan chho leh a - sawifiah theih loh, red crater sang ber thlengin. A chhehvel sulphur khur awmna Emerald Lakes lum takah chuan chhuk leh la, Blue Lake lam pan chuan tlem a hla deuh a, a tawpah chuan Mount Tongariro hnung lamah chuan valley chhungah chuan chhuk leh rawh. Thlalak te hi han en teh - hetiang thil hi thumal hmanga sawi chhuah a harsa hle. A khup na tak chung pawhin Stefanie chuan engmah a lantir lo. Hlim tak leh chhuang takin tlai dar 3:30 p.m.-ah tawp kan thleng a, chutah chuan kan inbual zawh chuan camp neihna hmun tha ber dawttu lam panin kan tlan ta a ni. Kan ke chu chawlh tir a ni.

Tichuan Rivendell-ah kan kal hmasa a, chutah chuan Pinnackles-ah kan kal leh a - hengte hi ramngaw/coastal landscape (‘the path of the dead’) lai takah leh loop-a Wellington-ah kir lehin, sandstone sang tak takte an ni. Wellington atanga Picton pan tur lawng chu zing dar 3:00 a.m. a nih avangin, zing dar 11:15 p.m atanga zing dar 1:50 a.m. (darkar 2...) thleng mut kan tum a, chutah chuan chuang turin kan line a, a tawpah chuan lawng lian tak takah chuan kan chuang ta a ni. Elevator chuan lawng hma lam, chhawng riatna (12 vel)-ah min hruai a, chutah chuan Stefanie-i chuan mut a la a, Herbert-a chuan phur takin railing-ah chuan a kal chho leh chho ta a.

New Zealand hmar lam tan chuan chutiang chu a ni. Mak tak leh thinlung ti na tak a ni.

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