On The Other Side The Grass Is Greener

To be honest I don't like when Hungarians say "YE, HUNGARY IS THE WORST COUNTRY EVER" I've been to a lot of different cities (well at least in Europe), I think they were nice, clean, cute or beautiful but none of them was that different from Budapest. And at this point I know that I love the country and the city I live in, it's the only I know and of course this is where my friends live, etc. I couldn't imagine living elsewhere, my life was perfect there.

I wouldn"t change the fact that I want to grow up in Hungary (grow up haha), I just discerned sth. else.

This





I'm amazed at this whole country. ALL the people are helpful and kind, even if they're a bus driver or a shop assistant in the supermarket. Maybe it's because of the few population of NZ, almost everyone lives well here.
This was the big difference when we arrived to Auckland and knew nothing about the city. Even the woman who was just learning to speak English intended to explain where the supermarket was.
Since we spent 3 days there we couldn"t find the city out and didn't know where to shop cheaply (maybe it's impossible in NZ) -everything is expensive,3 apples cost about 2 dollars and you have to pay 5 for a random sandwich in the supermarket.



After recognizing how amazing people live there we started to notice the other advantages of the country, we took a bus to Wellington and had 11 hours of traveling. I wouldn't have imagined I could just stare at the landscape for hours watching hills, mountains, animals, lakes, the ocean, etc. Marko already described this, I would've written the same: when you first see the little lamb running on the huge field you are amazed but then you realize that every field has a little lamb, pork, horse, cow running artily (Kriszti!) Maybe spending your whole life on a farm there is boring but traveling through these landscapes is beautiful. The second PROMINENT thing was that altough parts of the cities were ugly (eg. these grey square-shaped buildings were awful) every part of the city was GREEN. They planted palmtrees and bushes near the biggest factories and building estates




Now we're in Picton, a little town on the coast. The sea is perfectly blue, the beach is small enough to feel at home, people are friendly, the owner of this hostel is... just amazing, everything is perfect here.







It's pretty interesting how our brains react to things (or at least mine) This whole trip is like a totally new world and I can"t even think about home. I mean I really miss my friends but not in a negative way. It's something different from the regular life and I just can't conciliate NZ and Hungary. I know I don't have to worry about everybody cause I'm gonna return back to my friends, family, country, city, room, bunny :) Anyway I know it's only the 1.week so it's easy yet. And maybe we're not going to John and his 6 dogs (OSDBFKJBDFKAJDFBABJF)
fanni

The journey continues

So as David wrote, we headed down south to get to some woofer places, in the meantime (which was an 11 hour bus drive) we saw the most amazing places you can imagine. It totally fit the expectations you probably got from New Zealand; the exact places like in Lord Of The Rings, Amazing plains, just like in Rohann and Mountains man, MOUNTAINS with snow and stuff, you know just like in the movies!
The joy we had only by glazing out the window was nearly unbearable, and the feeling when you felt asleep and woke up for the sight: amazing.

Imagine you wake up after 3 hours bumpy ride and you see this:



Lake Taupo, I think the most beautiful place I've EVER saw. Maybe its because of the lack of knowledge I got about the world but this was shocking for me. The existence of such place just made me wonder about so many things in general. The funny thing is (except that ALL the Maoris we saw were really fat, no offense but thats my experience) that a lot of passengers covered the windows when they were facing such sight.

The whole 11 hour was magical, I had to sleep about 3 hours because It is still hard to handle the time shift. The rest of the North Island was full of sheep, alpacas, deers, cows, and such. Funny to see how healthy and happy those animals are, eventho sooner or later they will be served on the dinner table. :D Anyways after 3 or 4 breaks we finally (or sadly) arrived in Wellington, which (for the first sight) was surprisingly boring. After a bit raging and quiting we arrived at a backpacker which was a bit more expensive then our last one and we instantly fell asleep.

The next way we had to face new difficulties, had to find a place where there free WIFI is, and in the same place we can charge our laptops and we were in quite a hurry. So we ended up at the Library again, and started hardcore searching for wwoofer hosts. After about 1 and a half hour of searching we decided to head south, with the Ferry over the sea. Unfortunately the ferry costs are quite high (~150$ for the 3 of us) so it was a hard decision to make.

After we reached the Ferry (5 minutes AFTER the boarding, as last passengers) we went on the top of the ship (reminder: NEVER do this again Marko, never) and chilled there till we arrived. No words can describe the beauty which awaited us on the other side. So let these few pictures talk:



JK here you go






Just amazing. Now we are in the lovely town of Pikton, planning whats next. The thing is, New Zealand is the best country of the world, by far. Everyone is friendly, the bus driver, the car seller, the receptionist, everyone got their own style, everyone is crazy, everyone smiles.

laters: Marko

Wisdom of the day:
Beauty stops, where mass production starts, AND THATS WHY ITS HARD TO FIND GOOD PLACES FOR 3 PEOPLE.

Quick Update

We really want to sleep. So just quick update:

We got a place to live and work near Marlborough. Its in the far north of the North Island and is placed between river, lakes and the ocean. The Farmer there is called John, 42, single and as 6 dogs - sounds like a lot of fun

Tomorrow in the early morning we will drive to Wellington by bus (12 Hours), sleep and cross the ocean between the both major island (25km) on the next day to get to Marlborough.

Marlborough Lake


David

Auckland, further impressions

So yea, another day has passed and I am already sure about the fact that I really want to move on. The city is still amazing and I think there is no such thing as ENOUGH TIME to discover this place.
Today I chilled downtown, and went to some place called Auckland Harbor which was mind blowing.
Shitloads of ships from all over the world but one thing in common: They were HUGE! Like literally everything was way bigger then any other ships I've ever saw.

I still haven't touched the sea myself, only by the glaze of my eyes, but I guess this must be right, I got enough time to enjoy the blue salty liquid. :D Anyways about the people here: there is a lot of things which comes to my mind when I am walking the weird streets of Auckland (love the fact that in the first time I saw and walked a 4 way crossing for passengers (like in the movies yey)) for example there is an insane amount of Asians, who don't really care about you being here. They don't really look at you, and if you try to get some eye contact, its really rare if they even take some time to catch your eyes. Weird.

An other experience is that is really hard to tell who is a tourist and who is not, everybody is in these slippers, chilling pants, and they all look the same basically. There is no New Zealand-type of people for my knowledge yet. Which is alright I guess because I got a bad feeling about that.
What is that supposed to mean? Well, there are SOME people who just give NO fuck about anything. I already saw some on the airplane, and sometimes I run into some on the streets, they bump into you, they don't even stop to say sorry, they look so ginger that is unbelievable. But lets drop this topic till I know more about these guys. :D

Everybody is friendly. Which is so ridiculous for the first time, but at the second time you realize that this is how it supposed to be. Of course, if they want, they can be offical and formal, but most of the times they are cool.

I can't wait to start the Woofer thing, sounds extremely perfect for us.

I THINK I GOT SOME STUFF TO DO NOW SO PEACE OUT YO

marko

Helou :) mejts!

We are now here since 2 days and after getting some stuff done like bank account and tax number we are looking for jobs. Since Marko and Fanni were born in the most awesome country (this is a joke) they cant get a working-holiday-visa.. So we found something wich is called WWOOF - Willing workers on organic farms. You basically work on farms, clean houses, cook, clean more, work more and for like 5 hours per day you get a flat and 3 meals each day. Sounds perfect for us since you don't get checked for visa so its even possible for Marko and Fanni. After you worked in the morning you have the rest of the day for hiking, exploring or chilling at the beach. A usual "WWOOF Offer", which you can find in a book called WWOOFER BOOK, looks like this -

Fantastic location right at the beach overlooking the Tasman Sea and just a short stroll to the famous Pancake Rocks. Explore the beautiful walks into the Paparoa National Park, go canoeing, fishing, caveing and surfing. Our work includes maintaining the guest accommodation houses and some gardening. If you enjoy meeting people from all over the world and cultures, then give us a call or send us an email. We also prefer a minimum stay of two weeks; but the longer the better.

Of course we sent them an email :)




There are about 5500 WWOOF Offers here in NZ in all different places. We would really like to head to the South Island of NZ since there is the landscape we kinda desire and already know from Lord of the Rings :)





Or we stay in Auckland and its near locations - North Island







Its also amazing how you meet people here. Every random guy talks and acts like you would be his brother. We are sleeping in dorms beds at the moment with 1 stranger since its a room for 4. The first one ( Ellen who we met 2 days before at the airport ) left already to head to a different city. Now there is some sweden guy, aged 21, blonde and amazing who will stay in NZ for 9 month or till June like me. So we change telephone numbers and maybe we will have the same way at any times - Who Knows?





just chillax





David

First Pictures of Auckland

We've taken some pictures of Auckland so add David Thoma or Markó Molnár at Facebook.com to check them out!


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NZ - First Impressions

So we finally arrived in the lovely city of Auckland yesterday. Surprisingly they didn't even checked the proof money, and we didn't had any trouble convincing the guys at the airport that we are only here to spend our money and spend time as tourist. So basically we shouldn't have worried that much before.

The whole city, even the airport is just brilliant, full of information and help for backpackers, so its perfect for us. We met a guy called Ellen on the airport who helped us to find some place to rest. The bus from the airport was really expensive but so the hospital price would be if we would walk the way to the center. :D Anyways Ellen and us booked a room in some backpacker flat, which costs 20$ for each of us. Not too expensive but still not what we are looking for. Its clean, but nothing special really, a shower at the end of the corridor, and awesome people from all around the world everywhere. After we moved in I went to explore the city a bit, and as I said, and I will say I think a lot in the next a couple THIS PLACE IF FUCKING SANE, and to be honest its far the best city I've ever been to. The first impression you get is: is the builder of the city retarded or just a kid? Everything looks like some kid draw a picture of the ideal city and then BAMMM they built it. There is no building which looks the same as another in the city. Everything is unique. The mixture of European, American, Indian, and South Asian culture is just amazing. The city if full of Asians which was surprising at the first time. (The reason is that China is the n1 importer for NZ) So I went to the seaside (docks) and the sight was stunning. Like I said, everything here is amazing. The public transport is free, everyone is friendly, like some bro from da hood.

Anyways, we gathered together to get something to eat bought a steak for 12$ which was the best meat I've ever ate. Amazing. The next day we made a new bank account for the money and for more safety (cba walking around with hundreds of dollars in my pocket). And ye we are going to get some cell phone number and well, we will see whats next. We are looking for jobs, in papers, library and basically everywhere we go. Due to the fact that everyone is really friendly, I don't we'll have any trouble finding one.

Alright thats all for today, keep it real

marko

edit by david .
You forgot to say that this city is awesome. and that the people who work in banks are black people in white/asian suits, who talk in bronx language and who joke about selling women to get some money ))