Well, you might ask why Wellington and Taupo again? While there is so much unknown still to discover? Good question. I like coming back to places I like. And to get a second glance or an even better look into the place. I have good memories with Taupo and Wellington and since I wanted to …
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It’s really difficult to start doing the backpacker travelling again after spending these days on Stewart Island. (I promise I will stop talking about it soon.) It feels like there’s nothing big left to explore and see, so I maybe set my focus on meeting people and finding even more little things like nice coffee …
When after a day of exploring you end up sitting on a table in a hostel or a bar with new friendly and interesting people around you just met maybe a couple of hours ago there are always a lot of stories which want to be shared. Sometimes you’re lucky and even have a fireplace …
Just coming back from my two hikes on the Milford and the Kepler Tracks I was excited to go further south to the third island of New Zealand – Stewart Island / Raikura. Since I got to know about the 9-11 days self-sufficient backcountry hike, the North West Circuit, I planned to do it as …
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Another walk? Yes, the Kepler Track is just around the corner of Te Anau. I literally couldn’t let that chance slip through my fingers. And one rest day had to be enough this time. Although I maybe shouldn’t have stayed that long at the Halloween party in town… During my food preparation a traveller mate …
Today was the day. I got to walk the so-called “finest walk in the world” after a newspaper article released 1908 in the London Spectator. The track is so popular I booked the huts even before I had booked the flight to New Zealand itself. Crazy, isn’t it? To get a nice proper lunch before …
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Sometimes it’s so easy to write about my travels and destinations and what happened. And sometimes it costs me hours of thinking and days of collecting enough to write something down. I enjoyed Wanaka and Queenstown a lot and it still was very hard to put some lines together. But enough self-pity, here we go: …
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Leaving the wonderful Abel Tasman behind we continued our traveling southward along the West Coast. “We” being Michael and me. And it seemed that we would stick together at least until Queenstown. What we learned quickly about the West Coast is the high probability of rain and cloudy weather. One of the bus drivers talked …
Arrived on the South Island it was time for my first Great Walk and my first multi day self-sufficient (concerning food) hike – or tramp how New Zealanders call it. And during the days in the Abel Tasman National Park and Nelson I learned a lot of things. Actually we all learn a lot everyday …
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I actually planned to pack the next stops of the trip together in one post but somehow my fingers refused to connect Wellington and the Abel Tasman National Park. So this is just a short excursion to the windiest capital in the world since I don’t have a real catching story to tell about it. …