When we came in the evening from Tekapo
to Wanaka, we knew that we probably would have to sleep in the car because we
had thought we would stay in Tekapo. In Tekapo the situation was the same, no
accommodation under 100€. We drove close to Lake Hawea where we had our next
accommodation. We found a nice spot next to Havea lake away from the town.
Markus fixed our mosquito net to one car window so we would get fresh air. It
was a quite warm night, 20c. We had a nice view over the lake but it was a trap! In the morning after our breakfast, we brushed our teeth and spitted out from
the car. We had the door open for about 10 sec and we were immediately
attacked. We got about 40 sandflies inside the car! A
small panic started to grow! We moved the car away from the grass, jumped out
and sprayed the car from the inside. We waited for a while outside but it was quite challenging
because of the million sandflies. When we had "won" the fight with
just minor injuries (just few bites) we headed to our next place where we had a bed!
Our equipment for the night in the car 😜
