Here it is, the last post from New Zealand! 👋🏻 To celebrate, here are some facts about my entire trip (as you can see, we had a lot of time on all those bus rides 😄)
Throughout my trip, I spent a total of
• 153 hours in transportation (57.5 hours on airplanes, 95.5 hours on buses - without breaks!!!).
• stayed in 38 different accommodations (in addition, I spent 4 nights on a boat and 5 nights at airports or bus stops).
• spent 23 hours underwater (with a total of 31 dives in Thailand and Australia).
• visited 12 lakes (all of them in New Zealand!).
• took nearly 5000 photos.
• wrote 180 pages of my Master's thesis! 💪🏻
Which number surprises you the most? 😄 It was really interesting to collect these facts. But now let's get to my last two days in New Zealand:
21/03/2018: We spent Wednesday in the beautiful city of Tauranga. Our hostel was right by the water and in the early morning, we took a walk along the harbor at sunrise. Our goal? One last boat tour - Dolphin watching!!! 🐬
We spent a total of 4 hours out at sea on this boat. It didn't take long for us to spot a group of dolphins. Over 80 dolphins swam around our boat for about 1.5 hours!!! So amazing! Although not so easy to take photos. I took some videos, but I can't upload them here.Our captain told us many interesting facts about dolphins, for example, that they can hold their breath for up to 5 days and dive up to 200 meters deep! They are also considered very intelligent animals because it has been discovered that dolphins are capable of lying. It was truly a beautiful last highlight. I will miss the sea and the warmth so much! We walked back to the hostel along the harbor at noon and had Fish&Chips for the last time.The hostel itself had a balcony where we enjoyed the sun one last time before embarking on our final bus journey to Auckland. Man, we are so glad we are done with that now! 😄 Bus rides were by far the most exhausting part of my trip. We arrived at the hostel in Auckland around 10:00 PM. There, we packed our belongings and went to bed early. 22/03/2018: Our very last day. It still feels weird, I still can't fully realize it. 😅 We had amazingly beautiful weather and had long planned to do our favorite activity one more time: having breakfast! 😄 That's what we did, in a very cute café. Since our flight wasn't until 8:20 PM in the evening, we had plenty of time during the day to stroll through the city. Before we drove to the airport, we also had a picnic in Albert Park and soaked up a lot of sun, which we hopefully get through security so that we can bring it back to Germany! 😊This is our travel route (all times are in German time for simplicity):• Thursday, 8:20 AM: Departure from Auckland• Thursday, 9:30 PM: Arrival in Beijing• Friday, 7:00 AM: Departure from Beijing• Friday, 5:15 PM: Arrival in Frankfurt• Friday, 7:32 PM: Departure from Frankfurt HBF (Main Station)• Friday, 11:23 PM: Arrival at Minden Bahnhof (Train Station) We still have a lot ahead of us! 😄 But fortunately, we are together. See you very soon, my dear friends! ♥️😊
Dann wünschen wir euch alles Gute und kommt gut nach Hause. Wir fahren heute Nachmittag nach Holland mit dem Wohnwagen und erholen uns von all dem was wir in den letzten Wochen erlebt haben. Aber wir sprechen uns, wenn du wieder zu Hause bist...lg Daniela und Familie...
