Te Araroa – Taumarunui to National Park
or Christmas with the Volcanoes … I start again the morning of the 22nd, under a blue sky and a hot sun, hoping that my legs will be as happy as my head to be back on the Trail. I have to say I don’t start to walk strait away… I first hitchhike the 20 km to Owhango… I don’t really want to test my shins after 2 days of taking care of them by walking 4 hours on tar-sealed road… so I get a ride. (I am starting to feel a strong guilt creeping up inside me about skipping even thos