Flight to Frankfurt | Los geht's
9. tammikuuta, Saksa ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
🇬🇧 Just arrived in Frankfurt safe and sound from Edinburgh, where we will stay for three days before continuing to Auckland via Hong Kong.
🇩🇪 Gerade wohlbehalten aus Edinburgh inLue lisää
01 | Auckland | Verandahs Parkside Lodge
14. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We arrived at our accommodation late on Tuesday afternoon after an uneventful yet hellish journey. Two 11-hour flights, 40-minute bus ride and a 30-minute walk taking a total of 29 hours. The hostelLue lisää
02 | Auckland | Mount Eden (Maungawhau)
15. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Started our day with a walk to Mount Eden (Maungawhau) which took about 20 minutes to walk to from our hostel, and another 20 minutes to walk to the top. We bought some sushi in the morning for lunchLue lisää
02 | Auckland | City Centre
15. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
In the afternoon we walked into town which took again about 30 minutes to the waterfront. We visited the iSite (tourist information) and did some shopping for a few bits and bobs. I bought a cap and aLue lisää
03 | Auckland | Ponsonby Road
16. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Started the day with a leisurely stroll down Ponsonby Road and browsing through some thrift stores (didn't get anything) and a grocers (got some veggies). The weather is absolutely scorching againLue lisää
03 | Auckland | Downtown & Harbour
16. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
I think we may have fallen in love with the escooters because we've done another 3 trips today. They're just so convenient and easy to get around, it's addictive! Anyway, we travelled into town toLue lisää
04 | Auckland | Rangitoto Island
17. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
🇬🇧 This morning we set off on the ferry to Rangitoto Island which is just 30 minutes away from downtown Auckland. We hiked to the summit and had lunch in some cool lava caves. Rangitoto isLue lisää
05 | Auckland to Coromandel
18. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 We woke up after not having slept terribly much in our combination sauna-bedroom, checked out as fast as we could, and took a bus to pick up our hire car. As we were too early we waited aLue lisää
05 | Coromandel | Tui Lodge
18. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
🇬🇧 Our third hostel is just outside Coromandel Town and is so lovely and peaceful we immediately regretted not staying longer! Oh and there's Nala the dog.
🇩🇪 Unser drittes Hostel liegtLue lisää
06 | Coromandel Town
19. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
🇬🇧 We spent the morning walking around Coromandel Town. Rob bought a small knife and we also got some supplies for our hike tomorrow. (Don't have a picture because shopping is not very excitingLue lisää
06 | Coromandel | New Chums Beach
19. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
🇬🇧 This afternoon we drove about 20 minutes across the peninsula to a beach called Wangapoua, from where you can walk a further 30 minutes across rocks and through trees to another beach calledLue lisää
07 | Coromandel | Thames
20. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti
🇬🇧 This morning we left our hostel all packed up for a big hike up to the Pinnacles where we were planning to stay overnight. Unfortunately, a big rainstorm coming through means we may be stuckLue lisää
07 | Thames | Waiotahi Valley Lodge
20. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti
🇬🇧 Our small little B&B up on the hillside in Thames has a very distinct theme... I wonder if you can guess what it is?
🇩🇪 Unser kleines B&B oben am Hang in Thames hat ein ganz speziellesLue lisää
08 | Coromandel | Thames (2)
21. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti
🇬🇧 Today we spent a very uneventful day waiting out the storm and buying some food for our second attempt at the Pinnacles Hike tomorrow.
🇩🇪 Heute haben wir einen sehr ereignislosen TagLue lisää
09 | Coromandel | The Pinnacles
22. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
🇬🇧 We finally went on our big hike today after yesterday's rainstorm had passed through. We set off early and drove the longest unpaved road in existence (lots of wobbling and rattling) to a carLue lisää
09 | Coromandel | Glowworms
22. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
🇬🇧 Our host Warren told us where to see glowworms on a track near the house so we set out in the evening to see them. (That's three Germans, two Swiss, and one English, i.e. the German toLue lisää
10 | Coromandel | Thames to Hahei
23. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
🇬🇧 This morning we made our way across the peninsula and up the coast. We first stopped at a town called Tairua which had a big hill (maybe an old volcano), called Mount Paku, rising straightLue lisää
10 | Coromandel | Tatahi Cove Backpacker
23. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 In Hahei we stayed at a very quiet and peaceful hostel. The good news was it was only 5 minutes from the beach. The bad news was it was very expensive for a hostel.
🇩🇪 In HaheiLue lisää
11 | Coromandel | Hahei & Cathedral Cove
24. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 Today we went on a short hike to the world famous Cathedral Cove (Mautohe). The 1-hour track to get there started directly at our hostel, went along the road, through some woods and acrossLue lisää
12 | Coromandel | Hahei to Karangahake
25. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
🇬🇧 We started our day visiting Hot Water Beach where supposedly you can dig a hole on the beach and the water, fed from and underground hot spring, gets as hot as a hot tub. As expected, it wasLue lisää
12 | Coromandel | Mountain View Cabins
25. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
🇬🇧 This weekend we are staying in two private off-grid huts in the middle of nowhere. A great place to unplug and recharge, and our host, Urs from Switzerland, is very friendly and easyLue lisää
13 | Coromandel | Paeroa
26. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌧 22 °C
🇬🇧 Another poor weather forecast for today meant another day hunkering down and planning for the week ahead. We briefly drove to the nearest town called Paeroa to get some supplies and ran intoLue lisää
14 | Coromandel | Karangahake Gorge
27. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
🇬🇧 We set off this morning to explore Karangahake Gorge which is located in an old gold mining area. We walked the Windows Walk which leads down some old tram lines and through some disusedLue lisää
15 | Waikato | Arapuni Suspension Bridge
28. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 We started our day planning for the next few weeks and arranging accommodation and travel. After lunch our Couchsurfing host Marina took us on a cool little walk across a huge suspensionLue lisää
15 | Waikato | Hobbiton
28. tammikuuta, Uusi Seelanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
🇬🇧 This afternoon we went on a tour to the Hobbiton Movie Set where I had previously been in 2013, but it was Rob's first visit. The weather was lovely and our tour guide told us lots ofLue lisää




































































































































































MatkaajaZauberhaft
Danke für den Einstieg in eure Reiseberichte- Ich kann sie prima aufmachen. Es ist total unkompliziert. Ich wünsche euch weiter eine gute und angenehme Reise.Eure Oma [Oma Alice]
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