So it begins
January 10, 2018 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
Through check in and security all that's left is to kick back and relax until arrival in Singapore with a short layover in Frankfurt.
Rucksack inn
January 11, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
Arrived in Singapore, everyone so far have been really friendly. Looking forward to start exploring tomorrow.
TreeTop Walk
January 12, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today I went to MacRitchie Resevoir with Yannick and Antonia whom I met yesterday. It was a very nice walk where we saw thigh thick bamboo, long tailed Macaques, a few birds and a snake that lookedRead more
Gardens by the Bay
January 13, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
Yesterday evening Yannick and I went to the Gardens by the Bay, it was very beautiful and therefore I went there today to see it by daylight. It is a beautiful park with a flower dome and a cloudRead more
Wetlands
January 14, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Thanks to a tourist pass I can now use public transport as I please. Therefore I went all the way to Sungei Buloh Wetlands Reserve. I started at the visitor center and took the coastal road. In truthRead more
Lazy day
January 15, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
The last 3 days I have walked quite a lot, so today was all about not walking. I took the train to little India to find some roti prata, a delicious bread that is quite buttery.
Around 80 % inRead more
So long Singapore
January 16, 2018 in Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Time to say goodbye after a wonderful stay in Singapore, Rucksack Inn has had great service, and I've met some lovely people there. Now I fly towards the second leg of my journey New Zealand
Auckland
January 17, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
With just one day here in Auckland, knowing it's an early start tomorrow I wasn't motivated to do much. I went for a walk and ended up going through a few parks.
After Singapore where I managed toRead more
The Rock
January 18, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Left at 8 and drove to Kauri tree park, it was raining quite a bit, but we walked around the boardwalk in the park.
We then drove to goat island. It was still raining so only Nicklas, Maggie and IRead more
Bay of Islands
January 19, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌧 21 °C
So far on this trip I've had bad luck with the weather. So instead of being out in the bay we sailed to Russel where they have New Zealands first mission.
We also walked to a lookout point and on theRead more
Back in Auckland
January 20, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Wonderful day, first we went on a dolphin cruise. The objective was to swim with then, but as the pod we found had a baby, we were not allowed to swim with them.
Instead we went to a reef andRead more
Kayaking
January 21, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Leaving Auckland early in the morning to go to a ECO-farm where the hostess gave us a talk about fish farming, bees, and how our generation is going to have to change the food industry.
After aRead more
Surf school
January 22, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We started the day with breakfast upstairs in our wonderful accomodation. Then we walked up the hill to a dry lesson in surfing. We learned how to get up on the board, at least in theory.
Jayden tookRead more
Tumu tumu toobing
January 23, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Up way to early in the morning, but it was well worth it. After a drive of about 2 hours we got to Waitomo where they have somewhere between 800-1000 caves, some of these have been commercialised forRead more
Watersports
January 24, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
The day started with a relaxing soak in the hotels hot-pool a nice relaxing time. Then Clare, Maggie, Niclas, and I went Zoorbing i.e. go into a huge ball filled with water and roll down the hill.Read more
Travel day
January 25, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
So today was more or less all about driving from Taupo to Wellington.
We stopped on the way to see a mountain range and the lone mountain used as Mount Doom, it was a nice stop and while we were thereRead more
More travelling
January 26, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we headed to port Wellington to sail to the South Island. Here we headed towards Abel Tasman, on the way we stopped for ice-cream - the scoops in this country are massive - and the we drove theRead more
Canyoning
January 27, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
What a fun day. After waking up on a wonderful houseboat we were dropped off at the beach. We had 4 teams today. Skydivers, sailors, hikers and canyoneers. The canyoneers were joined by 7 others and 3Read more
Picture perfect day
January 28, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Finally we had a streak of days with good weather. We left Abel Tasman and went towards Westport. On the way we stopped to take pictures at a river. After lunch we made it to a seal colony close toRead more
Are you supposed to sprint downhill.?
January 29, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we left at 8 and had our first stop at a scenic roadside stop. After a few pictures including a group picture we drove on and stopped to do a 2 hour hike. However we did it slightly faster as weRead more
Heli-hike
January 30, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Phew, the first 5 trips to the glacier was cancelled today, luckily I was booked on the 6th and so was, Maggie, Andi, Michael, and Niclas. 5 more from our group was booked on the 7th trip, so the 10Read more
Reflections
January 31, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Long drive ahead of us this morning. We were to drive from Franz Josef to Queenstown a 7-8 hour drive excluding stops.
First we stopped in the township of Fox Glacier where we did a short walk to getRead more
Ben Lomond
February 1, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
First day of two in Queenstown, we had a former typhoon on top of us. I didn't have any activities planned for the day, so I hiked through the rain to the summit of Ben Lomond, peaking at 1748 metersRead more
Queenstown
February 2, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
So Queenstown being the world capital for extreme sports, today I joined the hype with a Via Ferrata. Here it was more going up, where most European Via Ferratas are primarily traversing.
We were veryRead more
Milford Sound
February 3, 2018 in New Zealand ⋅ 🌬 23 °C
While driving through New Zealand we have seen a lot of beautiful scenery. But today the scenery was the best we have seen so far. Not only because it felt a lot more the Lord of the Rings, butRead more





























































































