Saturday, January 26, 2019

NZも一人旅

。久しぶりの長い,一人旅だった
仕事以外での,海外一人旅は,いつ以来だろう?
20年以上前に行った,インドへの旅以来だろうか?
いや,2017年ポルトガルに一人で行っていた。

* 一人旅は気ままで,気が楽だ。自由で,何でも自分の責任で決められれる。結局,人は一人で生まれて,一人でこの世界を去っていく。誰でも,普通は。心中などは例外だろうか。

* 旅=人生と考えると,一人旅も普通だ。

* 一方で,一人旅は色々面倒くさい。一人での食事は,作るのが面倒だし,一人で食べるのはつまらない。交通も一人だと割高。タクシー,レンタカーなど,二人の二倍もコストがかかる。もしも山とかで怪我をした時のリスクも高い。

* 人生は,一人旅の時もある。家族で行く方が楽しい場所と時ももある。

* 冒険は,基本,一人旅か。 一人旅の方が格好良い。

Tuesday, January 08, 2019

Tongariro Northern Circuit (day-4)

 Mangatepopo Hut to Whakapapa Village.

* 9:00 start.
* 11:30 finished the Circuit.
An easy walk.

* Lunch at a cafe.
Beef berger.

* Icecream

* PM
short hike around Whakapapa Village.

* 16:30 Shutlle Bus to National Park Village.

* National Park Village YHA
Good choice for hikers and backpackers.

* Dinner
3.5 NZD beer and looking over the mountains.
This was a good hike and day.

4日間のトレッキングを終えた

豪華な昼ごはん,ビーフバーガーも食べた。
帰りのバスまで時間もたっぷりある。
誰も来ないような人気のない小川沿いでコーヒーを飲もう。
Holiday parkの中。
コーヒーは,袋に入った粉,新鮮でないけど仕方ない。
牛乳パックを買って,大きな鍋とストーブで温めた。
慌てて,少しこぼした。
水の流れを見ながら,のんびりとミルクコーヒーをすする。
なかなか良い時間。
新鮮な空気と川の流れ。

今晩の夕食もなかなか,良い時間だった。
今,歩いてき山を見ながら,外のベンチで夕食。
ビールが安くて,美味しい。
ご飯を炊いたら,焦げてしまったけど。
良いハイキングだった。
さて,次の旅は何処へ?
アラスカ? ヒマラヤ?



Monday, January 07, 2019

Tongariro Northern Circuit (day-3)

* Oturere Hut (1360m) to Emerald Lakes, Mangatepopo Hut.
Distance: 4.8+8 km

* 7:00 start.
early start for a long walk.

* A long and hard up and down walk.
A main part of the Circuit and Crossing.

* 13:00 Mangatepopo Hut.
A good macha and milk.

* Slept at tent site.

* At the hut, I met a old friend, from Canada.

* This is the last on the trail.
A cloudy day.

Sunday, January 06, 2019

Tongariro Northern Circuit (day-2)

* Waihohonu Hut to Oturere Hut.
1100 m to 1360 m.

Distance: 7.5 km

* 6:00 wake up
Last night, it was cold in the Zert.

* 9:00 start.

* 12:00 Oturere Hut.
I was 2nd one to arrive at the hut.
A helicopter has came for a rescue.

* Lunch:
Enjoyed Bar, coffee, and soup.

* This is my fist hut to sleep.
I share a room with a family from Austria, two children.
They enojyed holiday as well as others.
This is a small hut and many people are packed into the rooms like Tokyo city.
But still it is OK.
At night I watched the Milky Way on the sky.
I forget when I found this galaxy by eye last time.
A good and clean night sky.

Saturday, January 05, 2019

Tongariro Northern Circuit (day-1)

A great walk, doc page.

Whakapapa Village to Waihohonu Hut
Distance: 14.3 km

* 630 wake up
* Breakfast

* 8:10 start the trek.

* Tama Lakes.
Beautiful and pristine water.
A grand, magnificent view of the two mountains.

* 14:10 arrived at
Waihohonu Hut.
A large common space.
I slept at the camp site, 5min walk down from the hut along a stream.

* Following someone else, I enjoyed bath in the stream.
Cool and fresh water.

* Today's trail is also flat and easy.

Thursday, January 03, 2019

kayak day-5

* 9:00 start kayak

* 14:00 arrived at the goal.
Pipiriki.

about 22 km, today.

* I made the 145 km river journey from Taumarunui to Pipiriki for 5 days.

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Kayak day-4

* 7:00 wake up.

* 8:45 kayak start from Mangapurua Campsite.

* 10:15 landed on Tieke Kainga

I arrived here before any other people landed.

* A wide area of hut and camp.
Hut manager, Mat, and two ground sons.

* A welcome ceremony.
Along with other two men I song a song in front of guests on the ground.
Nice feeling.

"Like river flows"
"川の流れのように"

Tuesday, January 01, 2019

Kayak day-3

* 7:00 wake up
* 9:15 start
from Mangapapa Campsite

* Missed two camp sites.
John Coull Hut and Mangawaiiti Campsite.
I planed to camp at Mangawaiiti Campsite.
But I could not spot these two sites along the river.
Maybe I could looked into the other site.

* 18:00 landed on
Mangapurua Campsite.
Only one couple was at the camp site.

* Dinner. Ramen, apple, and Salami.

* A bad and unlucky last day of 2018.