Friday, 11 January 2008

Ridning/Horse trekking i/in Springfield

Rubicon Valley
Det var bade varmt, kallt och vindigt. Inte latt att kla sig ratt, men en vindjacka ar aldrig fel! ;)
It was hot, cold and windy. Not easy to dress right, but with a wind stopping jacket, you can never go wrong... ;)
Andra gangen jag nagonsin sitter pa en hast. Inte illa va!? Min hast, Lulu, var GANSKA lugn, men alla hastar var f.d tavlingshastar.... de VILL kuta pa som tusan, men har bestammer ryttaren, eller??
Second time ever on a horse. Not bad, right?! My horse, Lulu, was PRETTY calm. All the horses was ex racing horses, so as you might guess, the WANT to run for it! But here it's us that has the command, or....???


Vyerna var underbara! The views was spectacular!


Chris och John tog val hand om oss. De gav oss t.o.m solkram innan avfard! Har gor de iordning kaffe och dukar upp hembakade scones! Vi hade en jattebra ridtur och jag kan varmt rekommendera den, for de som nu rakar passera Nya Zeeland nan gang!
Chris and John took good care of us, they even supplied sun screen before the ride! Half way we stopped and had coffee and home made scones! I can highly recommend their tour to whom ever is passing by New Zealand!

Sydney-Christchurch

Mette och jag skrattar ikapp pa Sydneys flygplats! Rochelle skrattar annu mer! Hon ar SA glad for sin tvattlina!
Mette and I at Sydney airport, don't we look happy!? And Rochelle is VERY happy with her newest buy, a rope to hang her wet clothes on!

Sa reste vi fran Australien till Nya Zeeland! Mette hade en biljett till Auckland, Rochelle och jag hade biljetter till Wellington.... Bada staderna ligger pa nordon, men langt ifran varandra, och sa hade vi bestamt att vi ville vi aka till sydon helt plotsligt....Kanske inte sa bra synkat.... Men vi tog vara vaskor till flygplatsen och kollade med Qantas om vi kunde anvanda biljetterna till Christchurch som ligger pa sydon. Jajamansan, och vips sa var vi pa vag till Nya Zeeland! Flygtid, 2,5 timmar. Och sa var vi da verkligen pa andra sidan jorden, 12 timmars skillnad fran Sverige.
Men burrr va kallt det var! Att komma fran 44 ner till 17.... Kroppen fick en liten shock! Vinden var/ar nog varst. Den ater sig igenom de fa trojor vi har med oss.... Sa det blev till att inhandla en vindjacka! 30% billigare nu i reatider!

Then we went from Australia to New Zealand! Mette had a ticket for Auckland, Rochelle and I had one to Wellington.... both on the north island, but now we wanted to go to the south island.... Not very well organized.... But we took our bags and went to the airport, luckely we could all use our tickets for Christchurch (south island)! Perfect! Now we were on our way to New Zealand, on the other side of the world, 12 hours difference from Sweden.
We touched down, and gaaaaa, it was cold! We went from 44 to 17! That was a bit of a shock! The wind was/is the real enemy! It eats trough every single piece of clothing we have on. We had to go shopping... Yes, a windprof jacket! We got 30% off, not bad!

Travel light


Sa har jag fatt undrande kommentarer pa varfor jag har samma klader pa alla foton. Da ska jag forklara for er som inte lever backpackarliv, att man maste travel light! Det ni ser pa fotot ar det jag har att resa i under ett ar, typ. Alltsa maste man tvatta ofta, och nar man koper nytt, sa slangs nagot annat. Som en liten cirkel, som en del av ryggsackslivet!
I have recieved comments about why I wear the same clothes in every other photo... Now, for you non backpackers, I'll tell you. You have to travel light! What you see in this photo is what I have for travel around in for about one year. And when I buy a new thing, something else must go. Simple as that!

Ayers Rock - klattring/the climb

Sa har sag klattringen ut pa Ayers Rock. Jag gjorde som sagt inte detta, utan tog vandringen runt istallet.
This was the Ayers Rock climb, but as you know, I walked around instead.