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Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth
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Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Seeing Manuel again

    18 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

    We met Manuel in Auckland. We were staying in the same hostel and had some good times together. When we saw on social media that we were both in the same region we immediately decided to meet up again. We went for fish and chips on the beach in Motueka 🐟🍟 and spent a great evening together.Leer más

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Minigolf Christchurch

    22 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    The day after meeting Manuel we planned on driving to our next travel destination, the Nelson Lakes. Unfortunately the van broke down on our way. We had to be towed and were told that our van isn't worth repairing anymore 😣
    We stayed in a hostel in Nelson for two nights and planned our next move. We decided to go to Christchurch and look for a new van. Joe took Isi in his car and Jake hitchhiked. The day after we got to Christchurch we went for a game of minigolf to cheer us up a bit ⛳🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏼‍♀️    Leer más

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Christchurch I

    22 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    We spent the day roaming around Christchurch. We went to see the 185 empty chairs (an unofficial earthquake memorial), the cardboard church, looots of street art, the remembrance bridge, the official Canterbury Earthquake National Memorial, the Christchurch tram and we had an awesome burrito 🌯Leer más

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    Faith In Humanity Restored

    24 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

    When we were in Christchurch the Government announced that we had 48 hours until the whole country would be in alert level 4 (lockdown). We needed to return to Nelson as our old, broken van was stored in the garden of a nice guy who offered us space to store it. We managed to get to Nelson and we even sold our old van. Our next task was to find a place where we could stay for the lockdown period, which was going to be at least one month. We called a backpacker hostel in Motueka where we got told that we would be able to stay. Upon arrival, however, the owner sent us away again as she had redecided and didn't want us there after all. At this stage we were quite desperate to find a place for the night and the next four weeks. Isi tried to find help in a Nelson Facebook group. To our surprise we got an answer from a flippin awesome couple who took us in for two nights. Lynley and Josh, we'll see you again after lockdown 👋🏻❤Leer más

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    The Restore Balance Retreat

    26 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    During lockdown we wanted to be in the countryside. That's why Isi contacted many hosts on the wwoofing website. Nicky from the Restore Balance Retreat in the Motueka Valley got back to us and said that we could stay at her place for the whole lockdown period. It was really sad to say goodbye to Lynley and Josh but we figured it would be nice to be out of the city on a big property.

    All in all we're 10 people here (plus Cora the dog). Nicky, the three of us, 4 Japanese guys (Tomomi, Atsuki, Tatsuki and Kay), Saïda from France and Philipp from Germany. Once a week every couple is cooking for everyone. It's quite fun to cook for everyone but also to eat what different people are cooking.
    Four times a week we're getting yoga lessons from Nicky and opposite of the house there's a pretty river where we can relax and go swimming when it's sunny. We're also working a bit on the property to keep us busy during these times.    Leer más

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Wwoofing

    30 de marzo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Until now the work on the property included looking after the 5 chooks and making the chicken coop prettier, weeding in the vegetable garden, picking fruits and vegetables, pruning the tomato plants, chopping firewood, organising the wood shed and making a path in the forest. Saïda and Isi did a lot of baking and preserving fruits and Jake and Joe built a pizza oven 🍕Leer más

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Pizza Party

    28 de abril de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    It was Nicky's 3 year-anniversary of living on the yoga retreat so we had to have a party. It was the perfect opportunity to finally use the pizza oven Jake and Joe had built. We had a great time eating loads of pizza, talking, drinking and just enyoing ourselves 🍕🥂🍷Leer más

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    Goodbye Bubble

    14 de mayo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    Last couple of pictures of our Woodstock Bubble. During the last couple of days Jake and Philipp finished their Trail (T-19) in the forest and Jake helped Isi build a bench in her outside chill area.
    It was announced that NZ will go down to alert level 2 on Wednesday the 12th of May at 11.59 pm and that travel around the country will be allowed again. So we decided to leave the Restore Balance Retreat and our bubble.
    We had a goodbye party on Wednesday night with a pot luck dinner and cocktails 🍹
    Thanks to Nicky, Cora 🐶, Saïda, Philipp, Tomomi, Atsuki, Tatsuki, Kay, Hadrien and Adrien lockdown wasn't all too back. We'll definitely miss those guys. But we're also looking foward to travel again 🚙    Leer más

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  • Jake and Isi in Middle-Earth

    Lake Rotoiti

    16 de mayo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

    After leaving Woodstock we went to see our friends Lynley and Josh in Nelson because we promised them a curry and games night for helping us out before the lockdown. We stayed two nights. On our second night we had our first takeaway in two months 🐟🍟😍

    Afterwards we went to the Nelson Lakes National Park and stopped at Lake Rotoiti where we met our friends Barbara and Marius again. We first met them in Whangarai back in December. It was great to catch up. At the lake we saw ducks, black swans and lots of eels 🦆    Leer más

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    Hokitika Gorge

    18 de mayo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C

    Before walking through the gorge we got chatting to a nice lady. Our original plan was to drive through Arthur's Pass to the east coast but after talking to her we decided to change our plans and travel down the west coast instead.

    The Hokitika River is glacier water melt that is mixed with granite sand/dust causing it to have a milky appearance.    Leer más

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    Franz Josef Glacier

    19 de mayo de 2020, Nueva Zelanda ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

    The ice of Franz Josef Glacier once reached from the mountains right to the sea. Following a gradual retreat the glacier is now only accessible by helicopter. As we didn't want to do a heli-hike (global warming and money reasons) we decided to just walk to the viewpoint. It's still pretty impressive to walk trough a rainforest with waterfalls to see a glacier.Leer más

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