Stories from a year of traveling
In Christchurch we had found the nicest little hostel with its own backyard: The Rucksacker Backpacker Hostel. Here we had most of our clothes washed, we cleaned and dried our tent, and we enjoyed the great weather over Christchurch. Also, the hostel had the most functional kitchen we had encountered this far, and we decided …
We had a very special thing on our bucket list when we left Denmark: We wanted to see wild penguins. And rumours go that we could find yellow-eyed penguins on Otago Peninsula near Dunedin - or in general on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. We put up the tent at …
After enjoying a hot shower at the Palmerston North City Library we were ready for new adventures. The goal was the South Island and the Franz Josef Glacier - not exactly around the corner from Palmerston North, so we were on the road for a few days to get there. First, we headed further south …
Ready to explore New Zealand our first goal was to go to the Tongariro National Park, with one special trek in mind: The Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Almost 20 kilometres taking you through amazing volcanic landscapes. To get on the road we first got our rental car and our debut as “left lane drivers”. It seemed …
For this special year of traveling I had also planned for a very special birthday experience: 13 hours on a plane with AirAsia. We started building up for my birthday already in Kuala Lumpur with a slightly chaotic evening getting to the right airport, finding food we could take with us on the plane, going …
Time for our first true update from the road. So far we have spent more or less half the time exploring Heathrow Airport and Malaysia Airlines flight #001. 8 hours are by our experience plenty of time to get to know every corner of Heathrow Airport terminal 4. Our best recommendations are the viewpoint near …
Departure is coming closer, and with that the intense feeling of "we cannot wait to get on the plane". Departure date is set for January 10th, and as we travel around Denmark (and Norway) to say goodbye to family and friends we would like to be ready to advertise for our brand new blog! Therefore, …
World Nature on a Shoestring 