点评:After reading reviews and info, I was concerned. Bathroom stops are a big deal for me, but I did great. We came from the Stratford side as we had stayed in New Plymouth the night before. We stopped in Stratford, then on our way. Highway 43 was easy. There are some drops, but just stay on the highway :-). Two lanes, all paved. We got to Wangamamona. Had lunch at hotel and bought lot of souvenirs. Got the passport with a stamp. A souvenir stamp can invalidate your real passport. We then headed on Highway 43, got through the tunnel ok. It's short, not a big deal. Just stop and make sure no one is coming through. Go slow. The other side of the tunnel we got stopped as there was a car in a ravine and they had called a wrecker. It was going to be 30 to 40 minutes wait. No go for me with bathroom issues. She offered a porta pottie nearby, but we had considered heading off to the coast to drive back to Auckland, so we turned around and headed off of 43 to Ahititi. Well...that's the real Forgotten Highway...Not Highway 43. Now we didn't get through the other half of 43, but if it was the same as the first half, then not a big deal. The road to the coast was narrow, although we did fine. Not paved all the way, lots of gravel, Cows coming at us. We just stopped and let them pass. We lost cell service, but we did on 43 too, so...We lost GPS, but at the fork, we knew to stay left to get to the coast, so all in all. It was an adventure and I'm glad we did it. It took awhile on that road, but it was an adventure and once we got to the coast, the drive along the coast with the sea and whitecaps was beautiful. I'm glad we did it and we felt we drove the 'real' Forgotten Highway.
翻译:在阅读了评论和信息之后,我开始担心。对我来说,停下来上厕所是一件大事,但我表现得很好。我们是从斯特拉特福德那边来的,因为前一天晚上我们住在新普利茅斯。我们在斯特拉特福德停留了一下,然后继续上路。43 号高速公路很容易。有一些下坡,但只要沿着高速公路行驶就行 :-)。两条车道,全部铺好了。我们到了旺加马莫纳。在酒店吃了午饭,买了很多纪念品。拿到了盖章的护照。纪念品印章会使你的真护照失效。然后我们上了 43 号高速公路,顺利通过了隧道。隧道很短,没什么大不了的。停下来确保没有人通过就行了。慢慢开。在隧道的另一边,我们被拦了下来,因为有一辆车在山沟里,他们叫了一辆清障车。要等 30 到 40 分钟。对于有厕所问题的我来说,不去。她在附近提供了一个移动厕所,但是我们考虑前往海岸开车回奥克兰,所以我们掉头沿着 43 号公路前往阿希蒂蒂。好吧......那才是真正的被遗忘的公路......不是 43 号公路。现在我们没有通过 43 号公路的另一半,但如果它与前半段一样,那么也没有什么大不了的。通往海岸的路很窄,但我们走得很好。一路上没有铺好,有很多碎石,牛向我们走来。我们只是停下来让它们通过。我们的手机信号中断了,但是 43 号公路上也中断了,所以......我们的 GPS 中断了,但是在岔路口,我们知道要靠左才能到达海岸,总而言之。这是一次冒险,我很高兴我们做到了。在那条路上花了一段时间,但这是一次冒险,一旦我们到达海岸,沿着海岸开车,欣赏大海和白浪,景色很美。我很高兴我们做到了,我们感觉我们行驶在“真正的”被遗忘的公路上。