Tschüss Zürich
24 Aralık 2016, İsviçre ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
ready???
steady???
go!!!!
time to flight
24 Aralık 2016, İsviçre ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
check-in: done!!!!!
Second (Sprüngli) breakfast: done!!!!!
Goodmoring Cathay
24 Aralık 2016, İsviçre ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
Boarding!!!
pitstop in Hong Kong
25 Aralık 2016, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Just landed!!!
And....
Happy Christmas :)
Hong Kong peak
25 Aralık 2016, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Nice view.
Looking for a nap.......!!!!
Hong Kong airport
25 Aralık 2016, Hong Kong ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Here we are (again.....)
Next stop: Auckland!!!!!
landeeeeeeeed in Auckland!!!!!
27 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
After neverending flight (with a ghost seated next to me), finally Aukland, finally new zealand, finally holidays, finally honeymoooooooon!!
drive to Whakatane
27 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Driving to whakatane was fun:
_ on the right
_ auto car
_ super tired
_ max speed 100km/h
But here we are!!!!
First trip: White Island
27 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
What an amazing place: dolphins, vulcano and super nice tour guides!!!!
Geothermal Activity
27 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
That was cool: amazing colorful hotwater!!!!
Rotorua (thermal????) holiday park
27 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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.....!!!!)
Te Puia Maori and thermal valley
28 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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!!!
Polynesian spa!!!!
28 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Some relax (quandocevòcevò eh!!!!)
Taupo here we are!!!!
28 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ 🌫 -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 weOkumaya devam et
Taupo: I like it!!!!
28 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ 🌙 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!!!!
Huka Falls: gooooodmorning!!!
29 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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: greenOkumaya devam et
Hobbiton!!!!!!!
29 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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!!!
Tongariro National Park: let's hike!!!
30 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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 moreOkumaya devam et
Tongariro Alpine crossing: check!!!
30 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 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!!!!!!
Station Lodge: old hippy style relax
30 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Finally some relax in this out of time hostel!!!
Wellington: happy new year!!!
31 Aralık 2016, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Happy new year!!!!
2016 has been an unforgettable year!
2017? Will it be even better?? Let's see....
😊
Wellington: day two!
1 Ocak 2017, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 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.
In the eveningOkumaya devam et
Sailing to the south island!!!
2 Ocak 2017, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Early wakeup to reach Wellington harbour (by foot...)
Next stop: Picton!!!!
Nelson!!!!
2 Ocak 2017, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Finally arrived in Nelson!!
Now time to explore the city :)
Ps lovely hostel!!!
Nelson: get ready for the great walk!
3 Ocak 2017, Yeni Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 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 andOkumaya devam et
Jan Hrbacek60 km? in how many days?? i am happy to stay at home with a bottle of wine ;-)