May 21, by Rikka. Most of my time spent traveling has been spent with other people. My adventures around New Zealand involved spending almost 24 hours a day camping, hiking, and driving with at least one other traveler. But not every moment. So how did I, as a solo traveler in New Zealand, get alone time away from my travel companions?
Carolina and I are both solo travelers. We organized our trips independently from others, we boarded our flights and scheduled our accommodation on our own, and we chose the paths we individually wanted to take around the world.
Our separate paths both began in Iceland, where we met, and led to another overlap in New Zealand months later. There we were, exploring the South Island of New Zealand together after months of solo travel in separate countries. Carolina and I had been enclosed inside a car and a tent for nearly two weeks straight. I had spent the previous night getting over a cold while Carolina had checked out a local pub.
We explored the town of Manapouri in the morning. Tours to Doubtful take people across Lake Manapouri and over a chunk of land before they reach the cruise ship that will officially take them around the fjord. We decided a Doubtful Sound trip would be fairly redundant after our tour of the epic Milford Sound the day before.
So we stopped the car next to a park where there was Wi-Fi to figure out a plan for the day and a place to sleep for the night. Carolina just wanted to take a nap and use Wi-Fi for most of the day. Meanwhile, I was up for something active and new now that I was feeling refreshed.
