Sommer, Sonne, Kaktus

Due to the upcoming lockdown of at least 4 weeks, we needed accommodation where we could stay the entire time. Fortunately, the hostel staff in Wellington booked us into a...

Just like everywhere else in the world, the Corona virus has now reached New Zealand. At first, everything was still relaxed and I didn't really notice anything. That's why I...

From Raglan, I took the bus to New Plymouth. People come here mainly for Mount Taranaki and the surrounding Egmont National Park. Me too! :-) In 2003, the volcano was the...

The days in Auckland were quite unspectacular. I placed a few ads on the internet and waited for a willing buyer to come along. But things didn't really move forward because the...

If someone had told me as a child that I would work (voluntarily) on an onion farm someday, I would have laughed at them. But since I only had $150 in my account, a job was...

Through the internet, I had found a job on an onion and pumpkin farm, which was supposed to start on Monday, January 13th, 2020. But before that, the most important thing had to...

Because of the Tongariro Crossings, I had separated from Pascal and Cori for a few days. We wanted to meet again in Rotorua. The city itself is okay. Being in a volcanic area,...

Emerald Lakes

Der Lake Taupo ist von der Fläche her etwa so groß wie Singapur. Als wir dort ankamen, sind über uns die Flugzeuge gekreist und haben im Sekundentakt die Fallschirmspringer...

We spent almost three days in Napier. It was the most beautiful city in New Zealand for me so far. There are many amazing Art-Deco buildings here. In February 1931, there was an...

We continued along the East Coast from East Cape to Gisborne and then to Napier. Along the way, we would often go for a swim or take a few walks. The scenery was impressive...

After the Christmas holidays, we reluctantly said goodbye to our beautiful vacation rental and drove along the Pacific Coast Highway to the East Cape, the easternmost point of...

The days on the kiwi farm went by pretty quickly - just your normal work routine. In the past few weeks, I've been on a new farm that was still being set up. We planted small...

I have three days off now, so I decided to visit Tauranga, a city about an hour and a half away from Whakatane. The city itself is not that beautiful, but there are a few cool...

Just arrived in New Zealand, now back to work. :-( At six, the alarm clock rings; get up, get ready, have breakfast, brush your teeth, and off to work! At the kiwi farm in...

My car!!!

I arrived in Auckland on 31.10.2019 at 1.30am, again with a delay. I had not booked a hostel for the first night and instead planned to sleep at the airport. The only usable...

Hach, Sydney! During my time in Australia, I spent a few weeks here and was excited to be back. During a walk on the Harbour Bridge, we had an amazing view of the city center...

The airplane in Bali took off with a two and a half hour delay. After waiting for over an hour in the plane, we had to disembark again because something needed to be repaired. I...

I spent my last days in Bali in the wonderful Canggu. Since my last visit here two and a half years ago, a lot has changed. Construction is happening everywhere, new hostels,...

View of Mt. Rinjani

From Ubud, I traveled to Gili Air with Laura and Julian. The Gilis are a small group of islands in the north of Lombok. Gili Trawangan is the party island, Gili Meno is the...

View from the hostel

Hello again! After a very nice year and four months at home, I am finally on the road again. I started on 29.09.2019 in Berlin and then, with a short stopover in Singapore,...

The rice terraces in Sapa

And finally, I made it to the famous Halong Bay! Like so many times in Southeast Asia, the bus dropped us off far outside the city. So everyone had to take a taxi to get to the...

The 'Dry Halong Bay'

Together with the Chinese girl Joy, whom I met in the hostel in Hue, I took the bus to Phong Nha. There are loads of caves to explore here. On the internet, I saw a few pictures...

In Hue, which was Vietnam's capital from 1802 to 1945, there is a lot to see. On my first day, I spent a whopping four hours exploring the old 'Forbidden City'. However, because...

On my last morning in Hoi An, we drove to a neighboring small village very early in the morning. Especially in the early hours of the morning, there is a lot of activity here,...