Autostopo ypatumai N.Zelandijoje / Hitchhiker's guide to N.Zealand

Su salyga, kad man siek tiek atsibodo keliones su visais imanomais patogumais, nutariau ja pabarstyti piprais. Vienas is variantu - sulauzyti kreditine kortele, sudeginti grynus, ismesti kuprines ir basomis iseiti ieskoti laimes. Per daug pipiru ir basomis salta. Pasirinkau lengvesni varianta - kelione autostopu. Phnom Penhe sutikti liverpulieciai patare keliauti tik taip, ne turistu prigrustame autobuse. Pirmoji atkarpa - 500 kilometru is Christchurch i ziemos sporto ir pramogu sostine Queenstown.

I got a little bit tired of comfortable traveling and decided to spice it up. I could throw my credit card away, burn all the cash I had, leave my things and just go wandering around. Too spicy so I chose hitchhiking - the way to meet local people cause it's quite difficult to do it in tourist bus. First step - 500 kilometres from Christchurch to winter sport and party capital Queenstown.

Miesto autobusu nukakes i Christchurch pakrasti svarsciau prisidegti cigarete ar ne. Besvarstant sustojo masina. Tai galima vadinti naujoko sekme - amerikietis Hayes, keliaujantis po pietine sala, kaip tik vaziavo i Queenstown. Laikas belaukiant - pora minuciu.


Kelione kalnais, vynuogynais, ezerais, upemis, avimis (ju cia tik 40 milijonu), karvemis, elniais (mesa visiems, ragai japonams) padengta kiviu zeme ispudingai nerealiai vaizdingai ispudinga. Trumpam sustojom lasisu fermoje, skaniausia zuvis pasaulyje. Nesu didziausias sashimi fanas, bet sviezia, kalnuose besitaskanti lasisa laimi pirma vieta.


Call it beginner's luck but waiting only for two minutes on the road the car stopped. American guy Hayes working in S. Korea and at the moment traveling in N. Zealand was heading to Queenstown. Seven hours ride stopping at salmon farm high in the mountains. I'm not biggest fan of sashimi but that was the best salmon I ever had. Landscape changing from mountains and lakes to wineyards and sheeps (40 millions in N. Zealand) was amazing. By the way some hills here reminds of countryside of Ireland a lot.



Sioje blogo dalyje imesiu daug savo nuotrauku. Ketvirtadieni man sukakojo 31, todel noriu parodyti kaip metai keicia zmogu hehe. Negaves jokiu dovanu echhh nutariau pasidovanoti viena. Po labai trumpo svarstymo nusprendziau sokti. Bungy jumping, t.y. sokimas i nezinia prisirisus virve prie kojos Queenstowne labai populiaru. Pasirinkau auksciausia, skambiu pavadinimu Nevis. Pusryciams, kad neprideciau vladimiro putino i kelnes, suvalgiau tik pora kiviu ir kratomas lengvo drebuliuko sedau i mikroautobusa, vezanti aukstyn i kalnus. Nevis nusokime atsispiri ne nuo tilto, o tarp dvieju kalvu lynais prilaikomos platformos. Kai atvykom ir sukabino visa aparatura drebulys nurimo ir sokau pakankamai ramiai. Sunkiausia - pirmas zingsnis, po to krenti, aplinka keiciasi kosminiu greiciu ir ... viskas. Dzeimsas Bondas kritimo metu nusautu tuzina nieksu, mirkteletu vietinems kaimietems,o as tiesiog kritau. Trumpas gimtadienio dovanos ispakavimo fotoreportazas.









The reason I posted so many photos of so amazing myself is on Thursday I celebrated my 31st birthday. I got a present for myself, bungy jumping is really big in Queenstown and I decided to do the highest one. In a morning I wasn't so sure about it and had only lite breakfast for the sake of the only pants I have. By the time we get there and got ready for the jump I was allright. It's so easy - you just need to make a first step. James Bond whould shoot ten bastards while falling and for me it was like that - first step, fall and...that's it.

Trumpai apie Queenstown. Slidinejimo sezonas tik prasideda, bet miestas jau pilnas jaunimelio is viso pasaulio, atvaziuojanciu slidineti, snieglentiauti, padirbeti, kad uztektu pinigu pragyvenimui ir alui. Labai tvarkingas, grazus kaip koks backstreet boy ir neidomus. Su Hayes prasinesem per barus, muzika - hipas ir hopas bei drum'n'bass, kuri groja net ir maisto parduotuvese. Didelis pliusas - funky drabuziu parduotuves, originali gatves mada,mazi bariukai su teisinga muzika. Zmones draugiski ir megsta kartoti: sweet sick bro mate dude:)




Skiing season is starting now and Queenstown is full of young people from all over the world who came for skiing or snowboarding. It's beautiful, very clean but boring if you are not into winter sport. We went to few bars, music mostly hip hop and drum'n'bass. The thing I liked was original street fashion (snowboarders know the thing), funky gear shops and some cozy little bars with decent music. People are friendly and really like to say things like: sweet sick bro mate dude:)




Biciulis is Amerikos, besiskundes pietines salos salciu, isdume atgal i siaure, as pradejau antra autostopo raunda. Kelias is Queenstown i Milford Sound, iskasus tuneli kalnuose, sutrumpetu kelis kartus, aplenkiant kalnus nusitiesia 300 kilometru. Penkiolika minuciu laukimo (naujoko sekme uzkasta ir pamirsta) ir vietinis Queenstown gyventojas, vaziuojantis medzioti, pameta pirmus penkiasdesint kilometru. Pasirodo pietineje saloje laukiniu elniu daugybe kaip kokiu girtu marozu nemokamo koncerto Vingio parke metu ir saudyti vargsus galima bet kada. Geras diedukas, megstantis pasneketi, reikejo tik tinkamai paklausti, kad nenugrybautu i smulkmenas.

Islipau vidury lauku, keletas minuciu ir olandas, gyvenantis kaimukue pakeliui i keliones tiksla, patildes mage su Bobo Marlejaus muzikomis, praveda paskaita tema: kaip gera gyventi pietineje saloje ir vietiniu ukininku gyvenimas. Kai kurios fermos cia milziniskos, stambus ukininkai nepajudina pirsto, versla tvarko vadybininkai, o savininkas, noredamas apziureti valdas, ratus suka lektuve. Vairuotojo draugelis, states tvora vienai is fermu, uztruko tik trejus metus. Trecia ir paskutini etapa vezusi mergina, apkeliavusi nemazai pasaulio, pabaige paskaita. Autostopo metu per viena diena suzinojau daugiau apie N. Zelandija nei, jei buciau praleides dvi savaites viename is turistu autobusu.

Hayes headed to north and I went to try my luck in hitchhiking to Milford Sound. The road leads around mountains (the tunnel through would cut travel time few times). It took me three rides to get to the place but I didn't have to wait longer than fifteen minutes. Kiwi guy going deer hunting (there are many of them around and you can shoot them anytime of the year), guy from Holland living in the small village on the way and a kiwi girl who traveled herself a lot. And I got to know country in a day more than I ever would taking a tourist tour bus.

Milford Sound - vieta, kur lengviausia pasiekti viena is vakarines pakrantes fjordu. Poros valandu kelione tarp i smaragdini vandeni ibridusiu kalnu, karts nuo karto nuliejamu kriokliu. Pingvinai birzelio menesi isvaro atostogu, delfinai ir ruoniai dirba be iseiginiu. Pastarieji tingiai gulinejo ant uolu, delfinai atidirbo nardydami aplink laiva. Milford Sound vietiniai nenori tunelio ir dar didesnio turistu antpludzio. Kaimuke gyvena vos 50 zmoniu, nulis parduotuviu, isejes prasivaikscioti vakare nesutikau nei vieno zmogaus.










Milford Sound is the place where it is easy to reach on of the west coast's fjords. Beautiful place, penguins were on holidays but dolphins and seals are working without days off. Only 50 people live in the village, no shops around and locals really don't want tunnel through mountains that will make place even more busy.








Bandziau gauti darba informacijos kioske, pasitelkes savo kvailiausiai mandagia sypsena. Nepavyko, todel as jiems vaidensiuos iki kaledu.


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