21.02.2014 - Taupo - Wellington

After checking out at around 7:30AM I started the last drive on this little North Island trip. As per usual
accompanied by beautiful nature and at the start of the drive clear skies. Passing by the Tongariro
National Park, a really unusual area looking almost like a desert. In the centre of the park the three
volcanos Mount Doom / Mount Ngauruhoe from LOTR, which is actually just a side cone of Mount
Tongariro and Mount Ruapehu, which erupted just a view years ago and is still highly active.

The rest of the drive to Wellington was nice even though it was getting cloudier the closer I got to
Wellington. After putting my bags in my apartment and a quick shopping at New World to fill up the
empty fridge I drove to the Wellington Airport to return my rental car. Kinda sad, gonna miss the
sound system and having a real car with some horse power instead of the little white car barely
able to make it over 80kph and only providing a wacky sound system.

Was a really nice tour. Now I’m sure I can leave New Zealand without having the feeling to missed
out on something important. Still plenty of stuff to see if I’m gonna be back and places to stay longer at.