Beach vacation in the Bay of Islands
For the past 6 days, we stayed at the Base Hostel in Paihia. The first two days were rather rainy due to a cyclone in our area, although it was a pleasant 22°. So, we decided to...




Published: 20.04.2017

For the past 6 days, we stayed at the Base Hostel in Paihia. The first two days were rather rainy due to a cyclone in our area, although it was a pleasant 22°. So, we decided to...
After our beach vacation in Paihia (translated as 'good here'), we continued our journey south. From Auckland, we spent a day on Waiheke Island, a beautiful island off...
The ferry arrived in Wellington at around 2 pm and we headed to the hostel. We had a reunion planned for the evening with Guillermo and Nathan, two locals we had met on our...
After our one-week stay in Dunedin, we had to plan the rest of our trip slightly further in advance than usual, so that on June 28th we would take the bus towards Auckland...
Not far from Queenstown is the sleepy town of Wanaka, also known as 'quieter Queenstown', as it is also surrounded by mountains and a large lake. The highlight there is...
As mentioned in the last blog post, after spending a long time in sparsely populated 'places', to put it mildly, we were thrilled when we finally reached a larger city;...
