18273km

18273km

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Wie schon Bilbo sagte: „Ich ziehe in ein Abenteuer!“

A visit to the eighth wonder of the world

A visit to the eighth wonder of the world

It's almost funny how almost everyone who has traveled to New Zealand says the same thing: "Go to the South Island, it's simply the most beautiful". We heard this response from...

Queenstown's Winter Festival: Dog races in the snow, heli bungee jumps, and lots of music

Queenstown, oh Queenstown! Here, friends of extreme sports can find new challenges every day, and everyone else will find plenty to do in this city surrounded by mountains....

Getting up close with sea lions in Dunedin

Dunedin....Dunedin....Danieden? We had to try a bit to figure out exactly how to pronounce this city and finally decided to go with the simple German reading. Decently wrong, as...

Christchurch and a little hike through clouds

Back on a real road, or at least on a highway, we raced to Christchurch the next day. We were very excited about Christchurch, as this city had suffered great damage from the...

Jollies Pass or also: Google is not always wrong

"Drive carefully! Southern roads are different!" This sentence greeted us as soon as we arrived in Picton after our ferry ride. It was written in big bold letters on a large and...

Auf gehts zur Südinsel

Alle Backpacker brauchen mal ab und zu eine kleine Pause und ein Dach überm Kopf. Nicht nur, um mal wieder richtig lange und heiß duschen zu können, sondern vor allem auch, um...

On the paths of Middle Earth: Mount Doom and Mount Tongariro

New Zealand has countless great national parks and beautiful mountains, which is probably known to anyone who has at least briefly dealt with this country on the other side of...

In the footsteps of Peter Jackson

Any true fan of Peter Jackson's masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings' knows that in New Zealand, you can find one of the many filming locations from over 15 years ago almost...

Arrival in New Zealand and our way to our own car

After almost three weeks, we have finally arrived in New Zealand, approximately 18,273 km away from our starting point. The flight here was short and very turbulent, much to...

Our little short trip to Sydney

What do you think of when you hear the word Australia? Of course, lots of sand, long roads, and endless beaches come to mind as quickly as nasty spiders, venomous snakes, and...

Springbrook National Park

In Gold Coast, we have already explored many beautiful places, as you could see in previous posts. But after our hike today, I have to say that Australia has stepped it up a...

Gold Coast: Beach, Surfing, and Good Music

I believe the past few days have been the most relaxed in weeks. Every day we sleep as long as we want, pack some food and our swimwear, and off we go to the beach or in another...

Gold Coast: A paradise at the other end of the world

beautiful", and "dream" would probably be the prevailing terms. But they only describe this amazing city all too well. Kilometers of beaches, a modern city, and rainforests are...

24 hours Singapore

After four wonderful and sunny days on Koh Sichang, it was time to say goodbye to the little island. So we packed our backpacks again and got into our host's vehicle, who took...

A tired arrival and lots of sunshine

"We have fantastic weather and around 30°C - I wish you a great stay or a safe onward journey!" That's how the pilot said goodbye to us when we landed in Bangkok at half past...

....and this should all fit in there?!

Wow, it's almost time and we still can't really imagine that we will soon be sitting on a plane and flying to the other side of the world. We have been planning our little...

A little test

Here it's also nice ;)

Das geplante Chaos

So, Mum, ich hatte es dir ja versprochen: Ich halte euch auf dem Laufenden. Zwar nicht zu dem Ausmaß, das du dir wünschen würdest (ständige GPS-Kontrolle und stündliche Anrufe...