April 3 First off, you’re going to be disappointed picturewise. There is only one picture and it’s of a coke can. Hey, I was flying for 12 hours! My flight leaves at 2pm today so I have plenty of time to get to the airport. The hostel had a “free food” box so I eat […]
Read More →
April 2 Today is the day I part ways with the campervan. It has treated me well. I spent the night about an hour away from Auckland and took my time cleaning up the van and finding a hostel in the city this morning. Oh, I also found a plug in heater deep inside the […]
Read More →
Apr 1 April Fools Day. It looks like it’s a thing out here too. Luckily no one pulled any fast ones on me. I wake up to 14 days of clothes hanging all over the campervan. Half of the items are still wet. There is a clothes line nearby so I bring my clothes over […]
Read More →
Mar 31 The ferry leaves the dock at 2:00 pm and I was told the drive there is about 1.5 hours. There is a viewpoint up the hill next to Nelson that gives you a nice view from above of the city and the bay; the “Center of New Zealand” hike. I check out, throw […]
Read More →
Mar 30 It was raining again; at least it won’t be much of a bother today. I woke up a bit later than I hoped for, cleaned up, and drove like it was my job. Well, except for the two or three times I stopped for a couple of pictures and some sightseeing. I reserved […]
Read More →
Mar 29 The weather was overcast again today and a bit chilly. It’s becoming a trend. My legs aren’t as bad as I expected which is a good thing; there is another long day of hiking planned for today. CG was planning to join me for this day as well, Mt. Cook and Tekapo, […]
Read More →
March 28 part2 The clock hits about 12:30 by the time we make it to Roy’s Peak trail. This trail is about a 6-7 hour total trip with 11km distance there and back and 1,300 meters of total climb (the part we went to was 1100-1200 meters). It is a trail on private property with […]
Read More →
March 28 Today had a LOT of pictures and a lot going on so I thought it might be better to split it into two. This is not helping me on catching up. I’ve accepted that I will never catch up. Anyhow, this is one of my favorite days on the trip so far, so […]
Read More →
Mar 27 EDIT: I’ve been called out by DB. I better get my details straight! “You made one small mistake though …. Your awkward-explain-the-sign-moment didnt took place in the fergeburger, but already outside on the ‘beach’. Just to be punctual ;-)” tl;dr Hiked up the mountain in Queenstown, met some new people, awkwardly explained slang, […]
Read More →
March 26 Today I slept in til 9. Seeing a trend? If you haven’t figured it out by now, checkout is at 10am everywhere here. Prepped up and made my way to the Otago Bay Peninsula next to DunEEdin. There was hope for penguins out there again. I decide to use the route the […]
Read More →