Punakaiki sildo golfo srove, vesi atograzu miskai ir arkliai, sniego nepasitaiko. Turistu buriai suvaziuoja apziureti Blynu uolu. Mokslininkai negali paaiskinti, kodel uolynas sugule kaip bulviniai blynai sekmadienio ryta. Uolos nemegsta juros vandens ir ji spjauna. As nesulaukiau tinkamo laiko, bet bulviniai blynai, ypac audros metu, tiesiog spjauna vandeni is keliu baseinu, apsuptu uolu. Bevaiksciodamas papludimiu, radau ramu ir nuosalu kampeli. Galvojau - neatrastas ir Vytauto Landsbergio garbei pasiryzau bet kokia kaina ji pasiekt. Bandymas lipti uolomis nepavyko ir kuri laika kabojau ant blyno atbrailos, negaledamas pajudeti nei i desine, nei kaire. Siaip netaip grizes i starto vieta, nutariau bristi. Upes srove tokia stipri, kad bristi teko greitai, labai greitai. Islipus pazadetoj zemej kojoms buvo visiskas Franzas Josefas. Pasiekes tiksla, ruosiausi besti i smeli Lietuvos veliava, bet pasirode vietines gentys musyciu, kurios ikyriai kaip tuk tuk vairuotojai ir skaudziai bekasdamos priverte grizti atgal.
I think New Zealand tourism board is taking care of me. Not many lithuanian tourists around and they want me to say and write only good things. Hitchhiking from Franz Josef everytime I raised my hand the car stopped straight away. Three different cars and before lunch I was in Punakaiki, in cosy hostel right on the beach.
Gulf stream heats the village and rainforest is going strong with no snow around. Tourists come to Punakaiki to see Panckake rocks. Nobody can explain why they are shaped like that. The rocks don't like sea water and specially during the storm the water is blown out of few huge holes. I had to leave before high tide and didn't see it but the rocks look great.
Savaite pietineje saloje tranzuojant buvo viena is smagiausiu kelioneje. Uzvakar bandziau pasiekti Picton, miesteli, is kurio galima persikelti i siaurine sala. Nepavyko, nes strigau kelioms valandoms kelyje su minimaliu kiekiu masinu.
Nutariau pernakvoti artimiausiame, didesniame mieste Nelsone. Nepavyko centre susirasti jaukesnio hostelio, todel pasirinkau artimiausia. Keista vieta - registratura su grotomis, vadybininkas su melynomis kalejimo tatoo ant krumpliu, sveciai - maoriu seimos, zoniniai vietiniu veidai su ant kiekvieno pirsto besipuikuojanciais auksiniais ziedais, nei vieno uzsieniecio. Vieta - tvarkinga, svari, neprasinejo kapeiku ar cigareciu, vandeni silde arbatai, ne svirkstams. Ryte greit moviau is ten, pasigavau masina, kuri nugabeno tiesiai i Picton prieplauka, nusipirkau bilieta i artimiausia kelta ir po keliu valandu miego atsiduriau NZ sostineje, Velingtone.
The week I spent in South island, specially West coast, was one of the best so far. Spending a night in Punakaiki next morning I tried to get to Picton where you can catch a ferry to North island. I didn't make it and stayed for a night in Nelson. Couldn't find any cosy hostel in town centre so had to go to dogdy one. Strange place - some of the guests wouldn't be out of place in Dolphin's Barn's finest christmas party. No foreigners at all, loads of prison tattoos, golden rings on each finger, maori families with kids. But the place was clean, really cheap and I woke up alive in a morning. Hitchhiked to Picton, bought a ticket and in few hours was in NZ capital, Weelington.
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negaliu neatsizavet tavo literaturiniais sugebejimais! Tik va, vis iskyla klausimas, ar tik nebusi su Vytuku kazkaip susijes?.. Ir dar, niekaip nesupratau, kaip ten tie bulviniai blynai vandeni spjaudo...??. :))
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