Where the grass is greener

As previously announced, we had planned a 2-day surf course in Raglan, the surfers' mecca in New Zealand. However, we did not book this course at one of the big surf schools in...

After our hike, we barely had time to catch our breath, because the day after we set off on the Forgotten World Highway to Taupo. The Forgotten World Highway is actually an...

After our long stay in Blenheim, we had some excursions and adventures ahead of us, and with them our last month, which we could spend exclusively traveling. First of all, we...

After putting our job search on hold for the past 2 weeks, it was finally time to get productive again. Full of optimism, we drove to Nelson, where we had already spent a few...

After our detour inland and the unsuccessful job search, our journey continued to Christchurch. Here we first visited the Banks Peninsula, a peninsula located outside the city....

Despite the heavy farewell to our fabulous wwoofing family, we were also looking forward to continuing our journey. Unfortunately, we couldn't just move on, but we had to start...

As already announced, we would spend the next 10 days with a New Zealand family wwoofing. Wwoofing stands for "world wide opportunities on organic farms", but the term is often...

After our fabulous trip to the Fjordland, we headed to the deepest South of New Zealand. But before we reached the rugged and lonely Catlins, we made a short stop in...

We had been looking forward to our upcoming destination for quite some time, Toni for months before our departure from Germany. In the next few days, we wanted to explore the...

Our next destination was the rainy West Coast, one of the least populated regions of New Zealand. But who could be surprised with such modest weather conditions. Because this...

Now the time had finally come and our Great Walk was about to start. On the evening before, we packed our large backpacks with rice, oats, and everything else we would need for...

Wellington welcomed us on December 31st with roaring winds and drizzly weather, but for once we didn't care, because we had booked two beds in a hostel for New Year's Eve. This...

View of the lunar landscape

For the next 5 weeks, everything should revolve around apples for us. We started our promising career as apple thinners on the orchard of a well-known apple producer. Without...

Camping in the mountains

After leaving Rotorua, the smell and the rainy weather behind us, we were already looking forward to the ocean and the beautiful weather that was announced in the Bay of Plenty....

Our further journey took us along countless kiwi plantations along the Bay of Plenty to the East Cape. But before that, we made a detour inland to Rotorua. Our first night we...

Our next stop was Whenuakite, the starting point for exploring Hot Water Beach and Cathedral Cove. On our way to the eastern side of Coromandels via Route 309, which once again...

After our short detour towards Northland, we decided to continue southwards and explore Coromandel and the entire east coast of the North Island. Our next destination was Tapu,...

After a last-minute hostel change (which, by the way, was 1000 times nicer), we were excited for the upcoming road trip. However, since we had no idea where to go, we decided...

Finally arrived! After an endless flight with a layover in Sydney and losing our boarding pass, we arrived in Auckland completely exhausted. At the airport, we were greeted by...

After a sad and beautiful farewell with tears in our eyes (thanks to everyone who was there!), Toni and I set off for the other side of the world. We had a total of 2 times 13...