Backpackerský život v zimě na Zélandu a další útrapy

Muzu si trochu postezovat v cestine? Dekuju! (A asi timto zase zahajim obdobi blogu v cestine, bez diakritiky bohuzel, proto jsem take zacala psat radeji vic v Aj, protoze me to trochu boli do oci. Ale na Zeland jsme si s T. odvezli jen jeden notebook a ten ma k moji smule jen mezinarodni/nemeckou klavesnici.)

Jsem strasne rada, ze tu muzu byt, a na druhou stranu to tu tak trochu nenavidim. Zeland je po cestovatelske strance uzasny. Nikdy jsem nevidela tolik krasnych (prirodnich) mist pohromade a je to urcite sen kazdeho cestovatele mit moznost tu na nejakou dobu zit. Na druhou stranu Vas tu nikdo neceka s otevrenou naruci a vsechno si musite tvrde vydrit sami, coz by se i dalo pochopit, jen tim chci zborit takovy ten mytus, ze je Zeland raj a ze vam tu kazdy padne k noham s deseti pracovnima nabidkama - protoze i takovy nazor jsem uz zaslechla. Nenajde se ani malo tech, kteri tu nemaji imigranty a backpackery vubec radi, neboji se Vam to dat najevo a kteri se Vas budou snazit s prominutim vojebat, hlavne co se tyce prace. Me uz to tak unavuje. Prochazim pracovni nabidky uz pres mesic a co tam clovek obcas nezahledne... Treba praci na sadech, kam si musite koupit vlastni vybaveni. Nebo praci na sadech, kde mate 1 minutu na prunning celeho jablecneho stromu a samozrejme to vydrzite delat 10 hodin v kuse nekolik tydnu vcetne vikendu a pak je jeste podminkou, ze tu praci dostanete to, ze se u nich ubytujete za 200$ na tyden, coz se vam pro jistotu rovnou pokrati z platu. Nebo praci zadarmo (protoze asi zijete z lasky a miru) za ubytovani a jidlo. Nechapu proste, proc na pracovni servery lidi musi cpat nabidky na woofing. Pokud chci woofing, tak si to najdu na strankach woofingu. To je proste kazdy druhy inzerat. A pak milion praci na farme s kravama, ktere nechci podporovat a tudiz tam pracovat (jsem veganka). Jo tech je tu dyztak fakt dost, kdybyste v zime potrebovali praci na Jiznim ostrove. Souperime s tim ted oba, jsme uz mesic bez prace. Holku v pracovni agenture nevidi dvakrat radi, protoze tu ted fakt nic moc pro holky neni. T. ma trosku lepsi sance.. nicmene uz nam na nekolika mistech naslibovali, jak se hned dalsi den ozvou a budou pro nas mit praci, ale stale nic.

Mam pocit, ze kdykoliv se nekam presuneme, tak pred nami ta prace jakoby zmizi a zacne se objevovat zase nekde jinde. Trochu ted litujeme, ze jsem na zimu nezustali v Bay of Plenty, protoze jsme tam v prubehu zimy videli spoustu prace na kiwi sadech. V cervnu, kdy jsme odtamtud odjizdeli, jsme chteli zmenu, jenze jsme nevedeli, ze ta zmena bude k horsimu. O praci v packhousu v Hastings se netreba dlouze rozepisovat, do byla proste roboticka otrocina. A po ni? Tydny nezamestnanosti a zimy v aute... Je to ubijejici. Uklidnuje me jen fakt, ze to tu tak mela spousta lidi, s kterymi jsem mluvila, nebo cetla jejich blogy. Zima tu je proste takova nevlidna.

Snazim se ten volny cas vyuzit ke cteni a vzdelavani se ve vecech, ktere me uz dlouho zajimaji, abych alespon zvysila svoje sance na trhu prace po navratu domu, ale uprimne fakt nesnasim byt nezamestnana a nevyuzivat svuj cas efektivne. Zeland me na jednu stranu cini stasnou, na druhou mi pridelava spoustu (zbytecnych) starosti, a tak jako se tesim na roadtrip po Jiznim ostrove predtim nez odletime, tak se uz ale i fakt hodne tesim domu a na “normalni nudny zivot”. To co mi tu asi chybi, je rad a to, ze pracuji na necem smysluplnem. Tesne pred tricitkou uz (me osobne) sber ovoce a dalsi backpackerske prace pripadaji trochu jako plytvani svym casem.

Kazdemu da Zeland neco jineho. Pro nekoho je to splneny sen a rozhodne se tu pak zit a bojovat o residentska viza. Nas sen to neni. Myslim, ze to co dal Zeland me, je potreba se usadit. Kdybych mohla, udelala bych vse jinak, odjela sem mnohem drive, s jinymi zkusenostmi, ale v tom je ta krasa - nejde to vzit zpet a na vsechno mate jen jeden pokus. A asi to fakt byla zkusenost, kterou jsme v tu chvili oba potrebovali.

Tenhle clanek je z takoveho horsiho dne, a je to ciste muj pohled, kazdy to ma jinak.

 Six months on the road

What was not yet said here but for some mysterious reason I want to memorize it.

After cutting off around 15cms of my bizzarelly dry dead ends of my desperate attempt to have long hair, I colored them dark with henna. I never had such a dark color or such a short hair. It was for sure charming. Until the first wash, then it faded away. So I was shortly back to my not-blonde-not-brunette-not-red strange natural hair color. I tried.

I burned myself with hot coffee. I like to be dramatic, but it was just a little bit. It was an accident. The coffee was spilled on places you don't want hot coffee to be. Thomas run to the pharmacy for some gelly medicin. What a morning. Couple of days after that he burned his hand while cooking pumpkin soup. I know, what a dangerous activity. So the gelly medicine was quite handy. I think next time we travel, we will pack our emergency kit more preciselly. We never needed so much stuff from pharmacy as here in Zealand.

We saw seals in wildlife. Like two single ones. One in Mount Maunganui and one in Napier. Than we came to South Island and saw like 300 of them on a single beach the first day so the North Island's experience lost a bit of its value... but still, the one at Mount Maunganui was the first one!

It is funny how I became obsessed with makeup and fashion when I clearly cannot have it. When I catch internet in the van, I spend tremendous hours watching girls on youtube going through their closets. I cannot wait to be back home and have more options to express myself than hiking shoes and the same pair of jeans I wear since we left. The funny thing is that when I was back home, this minimalist wardrobe was exactly what I dreamed of. Since all the possessions don't disturb me in the van, the more desperate I am to start building my new self and show it to the world. Does this make sense?

When it comes to traveling, we have missed so much yet still experienced a lot. We skipped Coromandel, Taranaki and Raglan - places I still wish to see oneday. But on the other hand we saw the central part of the island in quite a detail, as well as Northland, Hawkes Bay and Bay of Plenty. For 6 months travels I am satisfied.

The variety of options you get while travelling is sometimes overehelming. Isnt it better to just pick couple of them and truly "feel" them through? Isn't it better with everything in life? With friendships, projects, love life...and traveling as well. Isn't it better to just pick the best for you and let the other options go away so they don't distract you? It is hard in consumerist society but I am slowly learning that this is probably the key to happiness. To make a choice and stick to it. To enjoy what comes with that choice.

 

To South Island.

As I watch you from the boat window inside of the deck, you look nice. Warming. Hills full of trees are covered in morning sunlight. The water is a nice shade of blue. Almost no waves. Nice and calm.

There is something so liberating about being spontaneous. I feel almost rebelious, so untethered. Yesterday I had no idea we would board this boat the very next morning. I have a good feeling about it.

If we would not follow that inner voice, what else would we be left with?

 

#tosouthisland #newbeginnings #wellington #ferry #sunrise 

 Little roadtrips around Hawke's Bay.

Damn. Looking at these reminds me to be greateful. Considering we were staying there only around 5 weeks, we experienced a damn lot! Three waterfalls, Bell rock formations, short hikes and foggy sea here and there. It was a good month.

 

One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful

Freud

 July.

It is almost over. We are moving out in couple of days and we will be out in a van again. July seriously flied over me. I remember the 1st like it was yesterday. I was ill for more than two weeks out of July, not working, trying to cure myself with ginger tea and echinacea while keeping myself warm with an electrical blanket. New Zealandish houses are really cold. I think the difference to the temperatures in our van was not really big. On the other hand I was happy not to be in the van for a while. July was a bit depressing to be honest. I felt broke and stuck, with nowhere to go. The flu didn't help it. I read a lot and watched a lot of TV shows. I did buy a set of nice expensive pencils and started with drawing again. I was doing every possible activity to keep myself distracted from my thoughts of where am I going or what the hell should I do with my life right now. We are planning our life after New Zealand which is still quite far but not too far not to discuss what next. It is stressing me out because we got to make some big decisions. But since the days are getting a bit longer now with the first signs of the spring coming, my mood is slowly getting out of the rut. (Is this all really just connected to the weather? I hope so.) I am now back and ready to enjoy the wait. Because... we are all just waiting all the time, aren´t we? It is in real queues at the cashier, but also waiting until holiday, until we meet the love of our life, until we finish school, etc.. That time in between should be enjoyed as well.