zealand

the next morning was beautiful with poridge and lots of sugar. i started again it was a bit awkward because the wind appeared to be the only enemy i had. as the route leaded along the shore and wind was whipping the waves heavily it was like sitting in the splash area of the aquarium full of dolphins. humidity was awesome and breathing was so delightful. ahhh.

it took me about two hours to get over that windy beaches. then the road started to go a bit into the inlands of the south island. i was happy to see the mountains again. i didn’t push so hard on the pedals as i was quite lazy and too much concerned about surroundings and other shit. so when the sun started to go down i’ve found some forest or so and pitched the tent there. it was so nice. after some instant noodle soup am very full and fell asleep without any problems.

there is quite cold morning so i was in my ‘pit’ until 11 am, just when the sun came out properly being warm and comfortable with shining a bit more. the route wasn’t hill much and went around conway flats (charles upham had his farm there) and after some time to cheviot. under the hill just before this settlement i decided to make some good food. i bought some minced beef, ordered some chipies and bought some vegetables. then went on to do another 10 kms behind. just before i was about to camp i asked some farmer if there will be ohkay to stay at his property. he was such red faced and wasn’t looking too happy. i regreted i’ve ever asked this guy. at the end he gave me advice to go further on and reach a camping site just before the bridge. i did what i was told and found a beautiful camping site just under the huge pine trees. i quickly made my camp and started cooking before the dark consumed me. the food i cooked was so delicious that i had a problems to set a piece aside for the next morning. no no. chipies were still warm as well as my meat/vegetable mixture. i’ve finished the whole thing

the next morning was very nice and hot. i started cycling again until beautiful valley where i ran out of water. i bought a bloody expensive 4litre container of water and refilled my bottles. water from the taps had some bacterias and i was advised to boil it before drinking. no way. then i went through some sweets and started again. several steep hills were needed to be climbed and the long downhill session. not so steep but constantly down. pleasant ride. after some time i made it to wairapa. small place with a shop and backpackers. i bought some pork pieces, some other stuff and went to backpackers with vision of nice warm bed and shower. wrong. backpackers was untraditionally made of railway wagons set on the pieces of rails and everything looked like i was standing at the station. i met some other crazy cyclist from japan. he didn’t talked english much but at least understood. so we managed to talk a bit when i was cooking my dish. we shared the same dorm in a first wagon which appeared to be one of the coldest sleep ever in my life. it was like paying for sleeping in the fridge. whole wagon was made of cold steel and there were holes around the windows and such so i could possibly be much warmer in my tent. nevermind. he woke up very early and started cycling very soon after so that i just told him to take care from my sleeping bag. around ten i was able to go out and see that grass is icing. fuck me. i just spent this night in the coldest place ever.. i was really dissatisfied when i saw the shower. it was the same temperature inside the shower as outside. omg. i just washed those most important parts of my body and quickly went onto the sun to get some heat again. there was very funny coloured ‘autumn’ cat i became friend of so was cuddling it about an hour

after this place i was ready to face christchurch.