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This morning I took a morning dive into the sea and then we moved on to a new bay. Here we took a walk to old bunkers from World War II. Back on the boat, we took care of our...

Today we took a 3-hour exploration tour of Urapukapuka Island - great views as the water was very calm. We made a swimming stop at Paradise Bay. Then we changed location and saw...

This morning we spent a few hours polishing parts of the ship's bell. Pete was collecting green-lipped mussels in the meantime. After lunch, we went snorkeling - it was very...

Heute sind wir wieder zu einem neuen Strand geschwummen und haben diesen ein wenig erkundet. Es wurde die zweite Schicht der Hauptfarbe aufgetragen und man kann die...

Today I finally saw dolphins again, and that happened 3 times :) The first time, they swam alongside the boat for about 15 minutes, it was fantastic. After a few clean-up...

Today we saw a shark - or rather a shark fin, but it was really cool :) In the morning, we did some work and then went to the beach to plant avocado, apple seeds, and parsley....

Today we spent the morning exploring the beach and taking the boat to Ninth Pin and Black Rocks - that was pretty impressive. After that, we anchored and it started raining, so...

Today we worked more again. We cleaned the refrigerator completely, did laundry, and cleaned the baby boat inside, outside, and underneath. At the beach, we filled water from a...

Today, we delved deeper into our flax weaving skills - I wove a cup holder and Sienna made a bracelet. In the afternoon, we went to the beach and found some amazing seashells....

This morning we swam from the boat to the beach, spent 2 hours exploring the island there, and swam back. We had incredible views again and the swimming was very refreshing....

This morning when I woke up, I saw another penguin right by the boat - sooo cute. There were also a bunch of jellyfish hanging around the boat. After breakfast, we took the...

Heute haben wir ein wenig Malarbeiten am Boot erledigt und wir haben den Standort gewechselt. Wir haben schlussendlich unseren Anker bei der Deep Water Cove gesetzt. Ein Marine...

Today a new crew member was supposed to arrive in the afternoon. So after finishing work, we went to the beach - which by the way is called Murderers Bay because some people...

Unfortunately, it was a bit colder today, but maybe not so bad for my sunburn on the back of my neck 😊 I spent the morning cleaning and polishing the grill, removing all the...

Today I caught my first fish and we grilled it for dinner and also made fish salad for the next day (the fish was a Kahawai). We only climbed the rock island today and from...

This morning we did some work on the boat again. In the afternoon, we explored the bays around. Pete tried to catch a flounder with his spear, but unfortunately without success....

The sunset was beautiful! The day started with bright sunshine. In the morning, we took a short walk on land to be back before the heat gets intense. It was already quite warm,...

After breakfast, Peter put on his wetsuit and snorkel - he wanted to dive for scallops and also retrieve his sunglasses that he lost overboard the previous evening. I was...

Am Morgen machten wir einen Grosseinkauf in Paihia und dann fuhren wir wieder aus dem Hafen raus. Nachdem wir einen schoenen Platz nahe Jacksons Bay gefunden hatten, fuhren wi...

After breakfast, we drove to the beach to search for shells at low tide for lunch. We found oysters. After bringing them back to the boat, we polished the metal of a lamp - that...

The days on the ship start slowly and comfortably, as Peter is not fully awake before the 2nd cup of coffee anyway. We went shopping for the essentials in Paihia and then the...

Der Tag des Abschieds! Rebecca flog nach Muenchen zurueck und ich trat meine Busreise wieder nach Paihia an. Noch am selben Abend kam ich dort an und Peter der Captain des...

We had to venture back into the hustle and bustle of Highway 1 through Auckland. This time, fortunately, we found the car rental much faster than we initially found our way out...

Today we drove half the day to be near Auckland, as tomorrow is Regina's farewell day and the day after tomorrow is mine and Rebecca's farewell day. We stayed at the Muriwai...

We continued on to South Head and then up a somewhat narrow dirt track to a small cabin where there was supposed to be a labyrinth. The old woman was very nice and explained to...

The next day we went to the sand dunes of 90 Mile Beach (30 km and not 90 miles long :)). There we raced down the dunes on a board at lightning speed. While Becca made it look...

Le lendemain, nous avons loué des boogie boards et avons passé la demi-journée sur la plage ou dans les vagues - c'était amusant !!! Ensuite, nous nous sommes dirigés vers Cape...

The next day on the boat was very cool. We went to one of the over 100 islands in the Bay of Islands, snorkelled in the cold but clear water, saw fish eggs, took a walk on the...

From Miranda we then went via Mangonui to Paihia, there we drove to Kerikeri in the evening to watch the movie Home Again at the cinema, as the weather was bad -> highly...

The next day we spent going to Chem Beach (30 minutes walk) A beautiful, secluded beach where we just stayed for a few hours. Then in the evening we wanted to cover a few more...