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- Day 1
- Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 8:59 AM
- ⛅ 3 °C
- Altitude: 412 m
SwitzerlandZürich (Kreis 4) / Aussersihl47°22’33” N 8°31’24” E
Tschüss Zürich
December 24, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
ready???
steady???
go!!!!
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- Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 10:40 AM
- ⛅ 4 °C
- Altitude: 426 m
- SwitzerlandZurich airport47°27’11” N 8°33’39” E
time to flight
December 24, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
check-in: done!!!!!
Second (Sprüngli) breakfast: done!!!!!
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- Day 1
- Saturday, December 24, 2016 at 11:06 AM
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Altitude: 423 m
- SwitzerlandZurich airport47°27’41” N 8°33’11” E
Goodmoring Cathay
December 24, 2016 in Switzerland ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Boarding!!!
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- Day 2
- Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 6:18 AM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 14 m
Hong KongChek Lap Kok Airport22°18’51” N 113°55’53” E
pitstop in Hong Kong
December 25, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just landed!!!
And....
Happy Christmas :)
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- Day 2
- Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 9:51 AM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 381 m
- Hong KongVictoria Gap22°16’16” N 114°9’0” E
Hong Kong peak
December 25, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Nice view.
Looking for a nap.......!!!!
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- Day 2
- Sunday, December 25, 2016 at 8:46 PM
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Hong KongChek Lap Kok Airport22°18’53” N 113°55’58” E
Hong Kong airport
December 25, 2016 in Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Here we are (again.....)
Next stop: Auckland!!!!!
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 6:10 AM
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
New ZealandAuckland International Airport36°59’57” S 174°47’16” E
landeeeeeeeed in Auckland!!!!!
December 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After neverending flight (with a ghost seated next to me), finally Aukland, finally new zealand, finally holidays, finally honeymoooooooon!!
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 6:13 AM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandWairere Stream37°57’0” S 177°0’8” E
drive to Whakatane
December 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Driving to whakatane was fun:
_ on the right
_ auto car
_ super tired
_ max speed 100km/h
But here we are!!!!
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 12:00 PM
- ⛅ 30 °C
- Altitude: 203 m
- New ZealandOhauora37°31’21” S 177°10’47” E
First trip: White Island
December 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
What an amazing place: dolphins, vulcano and super nice tour guides!!!!
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 322 m
- New ZealandWhangioterangi (Echo Lake)38°21’30” S 176°22’8” E
Geothermal Activity
December 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
That was cool: amazing colorful hotwater!!!!
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- Day 4
- Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at 6:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 309 m
- New ZealandHemo Gorge38°9’52” S 176°14’35” E
Rotorua (thermal????) holiday park
December 27, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Nice camping, close to Rotorua city (still some issues to understand NZ cities system....)
Nice place and, again, super nice people: I'm getting suspicious.....!!!!)
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 10:58 AM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 310 m
- New ZealandPohutu geyser38°9’49” S 176°15’2” E
Te Puia Maori and thermal valley
December 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Kiwi (so cute!!!!): check
Māori culture: (more or less) check
(Pōhutu) geyser: check (it was far away from being 30 m height)
Sunstroke: saved by my wife!!!
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 3:46 PM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 273 m
- New ZealandRotorua38°8’19” S 176°15’29” E
Polynesian spa!!!!
December 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Some relax (quandocevòcevò eh!!!!)
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 5:42 PM
- 🌫 -1 °C
- Altitude: 372 m
- New ZealandTaupo38°41’28” S 176°4’48” E
Taupo here we are!!!!
December 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌫 -1 °C
I thank our NZ gps for the shortest but not fastest way to Taupo: amazing landscape!
Now we will have a busy afternoon: Taupo city walking tour (including all about rugby shop) and before dinner weRead more
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- Day 5
- Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 9:46 PM
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: 372 m
- New ZealandTaupo38°41’28” S 176°4’48” E
Taupo: I like it!!!!
December 28, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
All about rugby shop was closed (at 6 pm.... €&#@@#!!!!), the dinner was nice with a lovely view of the lake.
I've also loved the old lady golf player!!!!
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- Day 6
- Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 10:00 AM
- ☀️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 347 m
- New ZealandHuka Falls38°38’55” S 176°5’24” E
Huka Falls: gooooodmorning!!!
December 29, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Early wake up (as usual...) and visit of Huka falls:
220,000 litres per second!!!!! Amazing!!
Then some shopping... :) (rugby t-shirt for the next season!!!!)
Just one question: greenRead more
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- Day 6
- Thursday, December 29, 2016 at 5:13 PM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 166 m
- New ZealandHobbiton Movie Set37°52’20” S 175°40’59” E
Hobbiton!!!!!!!
December 29, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Supernerd trip to Hobbiton!!!!
even though too many people around, it was a lovely experience!
Camilla promised me to watch together the Lord of the rings Trilogy on the fly back home!!!
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- Day 7
- Friday, December 30, 2016 at 8:00 AM
- ☀️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 1,108 m
- New ZealandPukeonake39°8’40” S 175°34’51” E
Tongariro National Park: let's hike!!!
December 30, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
Just parked our fancy white Toyota Corolla a couple of (km) far away the start of the hike.
The sun is shining, GPS navigator switched on, I'm already sweating like the hell, there are moreRead more
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- Day 7
- Friday, December 30, 2016 at 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 752 m
- New ZealandOkahukura Bush39°4’25” S 175°39’50” E
Tongariro Alpine crossing: check!!!
December 30, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
It was long
It was demanding
It was hot/cold/hot/cold
It was AWESOME!!!!!
Difficult to describe it. Check out some pictures :)
I wanna do it again!!!!!!
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- Day 7
- Friday, December 30, 2016 at 6:28 PM
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 611 m
- New ZealandRochfort Crater39°24’12” S 175°24’59” E
Station Lodge: old hippy style relax
December 30, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Finally some relax in this out of time hostel!!!
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- Day 8
- Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 7:01 PM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 1 m
- New ZealandWellington Ferry Port41°17’18” S 174°46’47” E
Wellington: happy new year!!!
December 31, 2016 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Happy new year!!!!
2016 has been an unforgettable year!
2017? Will it be even better?? Let's see....
😊
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- Day 9
- Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 11:00 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- New ZealandTe Aro41°17’42” S 174°46’29” E
Wellington: day two!
January 1, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
First day of 2017 fighting strong and neverending wind, all around in Wellington. Good choice visiting the City Gallery and testing and tasting super cool/hipster coffe/restaurant.
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- Day 10
- Monday, January 2, 2017 at 5:58 AM
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- New ZealandPicton Ferry Port41°17’25” S 174°0’5” E
Sailing to the south island!!!
January 2, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Early wakeup to reach Wellington harbour (by foot...)
Next stop: Picton!!!!
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- Day 10
- Monday, January 2, 2017 at 3:18 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 4 m
- New ZealandMaitai River41°15’59” S 173°17’11” E
Nelson!!!!
January 2, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Finally arrived in Nelson!!
Now time to explore the city :)
Ps lovely hostel!!!
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- Day 11
- Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 8:12 PM
- ⛅ 2 °C
- Altitude: 2 m
- New ZealandKite flying area41°15’60” S 173°17’19” E
Nelson: get ready for the great walk!
January 3, 2017 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
First half of the day was grey, rainy and cold.... we did some shopping and prepared our backpacks for tomorrow abel tasman coast track.
After a lunch time cinema (Allied) the Sun was finally up andRead more
Jan Hrbacek60 km? in how many days?? i am happy to stay at home with a bottle of wine ;-)