Day 21 — The awful day

As it goes, nothing is perfect. And this is how an awful day looks like.

Until noon everything looked just fine. It started quite nice on a campground where we had jumped roped into the crystal clear Buller river and biked into the little cozy town Murchison, which was near by…

Getting ready…

The movers have been scheduled, the car is being sold, work is slowly wrapping up, and Christmas is almost in the house. January 14 can not come soon enough.

I think we’ve got all the gear that we need. Backpacks, sleeping bags, and mats. Cameras and GoPros and extra…

Days 65,66,67 — Mt.Taranaki

We packed our tramping packs again and climbed Mt.Taranaki. It’s an active and most beautiful vulcano, which erupts about every 350 years and it has been 360 since the last eruption. So, we took our chances and went.

Day 75 and 76 — Hot water beach at Te Rata Bay/Tarawera lake

Going to the hot water beach at Tarawera lake and camping out for one night was totally random. We had not heard from this place or read about it in the Lonely Planet or anywhere. When we checked in at a Holiday park at…

Day 3 — Skytower in Auckland and a little bit of wind…

Now that we are here in Auckland for five days before we get the camper van we went to see the iconic sky tower in Auckland city center. It’s the tallest building here in New Zealand and super cool. There is a nice cafe up there and…

Getting There

Leaving our house and friends in California was really exhausting, so we were happy that we had decided to start our journey with a 5 day vacation in an Airbnb in Auckland.

We had a cute cottage only a 3 minutes walk from Mission Bay. Exactly what we needed. Between the jet lag…

Day 10 + 11 — Hiking the Queen Charlotte Track

When we found out that the legendary and beautiful Queen Charlotte Track is just a five Minute drive from the farm; we were just over the top! Miya’s really good friend is called Charlotte and we wanted to go on that hike — no matter where or how difficult it is.

Bye

The movers wrapped up everything, and an insanely big truck drove off with almost all of our belongings today. In two days we will be homeless, living out of our backpacks. Tomorrow we clean the house and say goodbye to all of our amazing friends in Palo Alto, and then we are off.

Day 60 — Celebrating halfway with High Tea

OMG. We are halfway. The first two Months have passed and the other two are in front of us. It’s time for a summary and celebration with High Tea in Chateau Tongariro.

Ankunft — Arrival

Gestern sind wir also angekommen in Neuseeland/New Zealand. Der lang ersehnte und erträumte Traum wird wahr! Wir werden also vier Monate mit einem Wohnwagen durch die Gegend düsen und die schöne Natur hier vor Ort unsicher machen. Vier Mann, vier Monate in einer kleinen Kabine übereinander. Da…