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On 02.01. I not only separated from the people in the house, but also from Jana. She is now in Invercargill, in the very south of the North Island, working there as an au...

During Christmas and New Year's, we took a vacation from our vacation ;) We had already planned the holidays in advance and found other travelers through Facebook who also...

Nachdem ich eigentlich immer relativ regelmäßig hier etwas hochgeladen habe, haben fast 3 Wochen lang kein Bericht und keine Fotos hierher gefunden. Das lag nicht daran dass es...

On Tuesday, we drove for over 4 hours from Twizel to Christchurch and then to Amberley. After making a stop in Geraldine, a small and cute town on the way, we arrived in...

Today is already our seventh day here in Twizel, the week went by incredibly fast. The work we had to do was not really hard on any day. We made more or less rooms (depending on...

Yesterday we arrived here in Twizel at around 3:30 PM at the 'Heartland Loge' bed and breakfast, where we will be working for accommodation for another week. The house and...

On Thursday, after 2 nights at the free campground in Lumsden, we arrived in Queenstown, the ultimate tourist town. Here you can spend your money on all kinds of adrenaline...

The last days at Rex and Ave's, our two helix hosts, are already behind us. On Friday we left and headed towards Milford Sound. It was difficult for us to say goodbye to them...

Here in Tarras with Ave and Rex, we're having a great time. They are like grandparents to us and it's also nice to be cooked for again. We never have to work for long because...

The Blue Pools

After visiting the Franz Josef Glacier on Thursday, we checked out the Fox Glacier on Friday. Unfortunately, the glacier has shrunk significantly in recent decades, so now only...

Since Tuesday we have been on the road again with the car and camping at different campsites. Our first stop was Tuesday evening at a campsite just past Hokitika. In Hokitika we...

The one week in Greymouth is now (fortunately) over. It wasn't that bad, it was just a shock at the beginning when we found out that we would be staying alone in the hostel for...

We have been in Greymouth, 'the heart of the West Coast', for 2 days now, as the city is often referred to, with a population of just 13,500, it is the largest on the West...

We have been on the South Island since Sunday and we really love it! We spent the first night in a hostel in Picton, then we 'couchsurfed' in Nelson for 2 days and actually...

We are currently on the ferry that takes us to Picton on the South Island, after spending our last days in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand. We stayed for 4...

Our three days in the port city of Napier are over now, tomorrow at 8 o'clock our bus will leave for Wellington, our last stop on the North Island. I really liked...

Today we finally went from Taupo to Napier. Since the distance is relatively short (about 2 hours), we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to hitchhike instead...

We have been in Taupo for four days now, a small but beautiful city in the middle of the North Island, known primarily for its location on the large Lake Taupo and for...

When we arrived in Rotorua on Thursday, the first question we asked ourselves was why it smells so incredibly like rotten eggs everywhere. The answer to our question was...

On Monday, our journey continued from Coromandel to Tauranga. Instead of booking a room in a hostel, we found a free place to stay through the Couchsurfing website. Craig,...

Yesterday morning at 7:15 we took the bus out of Auckland to Coromandel. We had to take the bus because unfortunately, we couldn't find a decent car despite the 9 days we...

Here are some photos of Waiheke Island. Yesterday, we took the ferry over to take a break from the car search, which seems to be leading nowhere at the moment. Maybe we'll end...

Since I've been here, I don't feel like I'm 18,000 km away from home. When you walk through the streets, apart from the occasional palm trees, left-hand traffic, and all the...

We have been in Auckland, the largest city in New Zealand and the starting point for almost all backpackers, since Wednesday noon. Originally, we had booked our first...

Since New Zealand is on the other side of the world, the journey here is naturally long. We were on the road for a total of 30 hours. The first leg from Hamburg to Dubai took...