Frankfurt > Dubai > Melbourne > Auckland
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And again back to my favorite place, the airport :) and, as always and despite the endless flight, looking forward to a new destination to explore... This time east bound and to NZ first 🌏😎
And again back to my favorite place, the airport :) and, as always and despite the endless flight, looking forward to a new destination to explore... This time east bound and to NZ first 🌏😎
After 30 hours of travel here I was happy to discover beautiful downtown Auckland around Queen Street and the harbour. You find nice old buildings in between many skyscrapers and the skytower, theBaca lagi
The surfer hotspot in NZ and best place to enjoy beautiful beaches if the water was not that cold 😁
Leaving Auckland with the stray bus the first sightseeing stop brought us to the Waitomo caves. Floating in a boat through a part of a dark cave it felt like in space with a thousand stars around youBaca lagi
Went and visited Bilbo and Frodo in their houses in Hobbiton and suddenly felt so amazingly tall the first time :) It becomes clear to you why Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin missed their home so muchBaca lagi
A tough 20km and 7h hike over the mountain in between two snow topped volcanoes. As it is still an active volcanoe area you smell the sulfur in the air and you can spot smoke coming from holes in theBaca lagi
Just spending some time in the Weta movie studio with the Lord of the Rings characters (actually I found myself looking a bit similar to Gollum in my current illness state haha), on the night marketBaca lagi
Kayaking! Definitely the best way to explore the famous national park on your own. Got to see clear water, seals and I could finally find penguins :D
That was when the weather suddenly changedBaca lagi
A 2h walk from Franz Josef Village you get to the base of the Franz Josef glacier where you can see it sitting between the mountains and you also see how it has carved the valley over the thousands ofBaca lagi
Impressions from various view points around Mt Cook...
While you could already feel and see the summer coming, snow was still falling on the mountain tops during the night 🌞❄️