Got up at 6:00, a bit late for me to get up and spend my time
doing yoga, until everyone else got up after 7:00. Started padding at 9:00. It
was better weather than yesterday with hardly any wind and more blue sky. Paddling did not make me as tired as yesterday - probably got used to doing it. Wanganui river is originated from volcano areas of Tongariro, and sometimes
pumice stones were floating on the river. Paddled slowly, having a break frequently at the campsite alongside
the river. About at 13:00 arrived at Mangapurua. Moored the kayak and walked
2.7km down to the Bridge to Nowhere. Around this point, general tourists were
around. Jet boats went up and down the river making giant waves that made my
kayak up and down a lot and scared me that it might turn over. The waves were
far worse than rapid currents. Arrived at Tieke Kainga where we planned to stay
tonight at 16:30. Gavin and Maddy, a maori couple and managers of the hut were luckily
staying at the hut and held the official Maori ceremony that welcomes visitors
at Marae (a maori meeting place). The hut we were actually staying was the one
next to this. People staying at the hut were only 5, and they went to sleep
early tonight as well. Very quiet night. Paddled 29km today.
自分ではゆっくりめの6:00時に起きてヨガをやったりしていたが、7:00過ぎまで誰一人起きてこなかった。9:00にカヤックで山小屋を出発。昨日以上に良い天気で快晴の上、風もあまりなく、パドルに慣れてお蔭もあるのか昨日ほど疲れは感じない。ワンガヌイ川はトンガリロの火山地帯を源流としており、時々軽石が浮き沈みしながら流れていく。途中、何箇所かあるキャンプ場に立ち寄り、休憩しながらのんびり進む。13:00近くにマンガプルア到着。船を係留して、2.7km離れたブリッジ・トゥ・ノーウェア（どこへも続かない橋）を見学に行く。この辺りから一般環境客の姿も見え始め、これまで出会わなかったジェットボートが川を上り下りするようになって、その立てる波に襲われる度にカヤックが大きく上下するので、引っくり返りそうで恐ろしい。急流よりよっぽどタチが悪い。16:30過ぎに今夜の宿泊地ティエケ・カインガに到着。運良くマオリのご夫婦で管理人のギャビンとマディさんが滞在中で、マオリの集会所マラエに訪問客を迎える際の正式な出迎えセレモニーを披露してくれた。実際に泊まるのは隣接の山小屋。小屋の客はたった5人で、今夜も皆早々に寝てしまい、とても静かな夜。本日の川下り29km。
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