The journey beginns
17 Oktober 2023 ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Starting my trip in Frankfurt international airport after a 1 1/2 hour drive from my parents place.
Stop over in Bangkok
18 Oktober 2023, Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Staying half a day at the international airport in Bangkok, exploring empty hallways watching staff and other people.
Short stop in Melbourne
19 Oktober 2023, Australia ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A short stop in Melbourne, where I needed to get my boarding pass without knowing, if I could take the transit flight.
Arriving in Auckland
19–20 Okt 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Finally arriving in Auckland with sunshine and nice people. First day, first dance event, first new Friends.
Exploring waiheke island
20–21 Okt 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Planned was to hike to a campsite on the first day, but then got picked up, to participate in a haka, a traditional maori dance. On the second day I hiked a part of the te ara hura trail around theBaca selengkapnya
1st week Coopers Beach
22–29 Okt 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Taking the bus to coopers beach, where I stay for two weeks at a host and help in the garden. A really nice religious couple with an astonishing home. The place is just amazing and I'd work even moreBaca selengkapnya
2nd week Coopers Beach
29 Okt–5 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Meeting friends from Germany I worked with in the hotel on Sylt. Having a great time Karin, another helper, who is travelling NZ with a camper van. Going off road to get to the base of a waterfall andBaca selengkapnya
Short stop in Kaimaumau
5–7 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A couple I met at church offered me to stay at their home and go fishing before heading to Cape Reinga.
Cape Reinga and Giant Sand Dunes
7 November 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Going to the starting point of the TA where the Tasman sea and the Pacific ocean meet and then driving down to the desert like dunes, where I start to walk the TA, because the first section is closedBaca selengkapnya
90miles beach
7–9 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Walking all along the 90miles beach to Ahipara for 3 days.
Ahipara to Kaitaia
9–11 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
One night each. First night with Maryann, the cousin of the couple I stayed in Kaimaumau and the second one in a hostel in Kaitaia. Maryanns daughter drove me back to Ahipara because they are livingBaca selengkapnya
Raetea Forest
11–12 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Met an english girl in Kaitaia and we got a lift to Takahue. Would have been hiking on a highway with no sidewalk and gravel road... Walking in the forest up the hills on a muddy path. She might haveBaca selengkapnya
Omahuta-Puketi Forest
13–14 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Camping in the forest with 17 others on a small campsite. The next day in the morning I left camp at 6 am walking 5km in the river, having a short swim and then 300 stairs up the hill.
Kerikeri
14–16 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌬 19 °C
Staying at a friend's house I met at church. Visiting some waterfalls and heritages around Kerikeri. Having a recovery day.
Bay of Islands
16–17 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Walked through the "forest" meeting some hiking friends along the way. Going to the oldest pub in New Zealand in Russell. Gardening in the morning before leaving my host again.
Whananaki
17 November 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Stayed at The Farm for a night, a beautiful small farm next to the road with lots of dogs and other animals. Going on for a longer hike, though hitching parts of it down to Whananaki to have a properBaca selengkapnya
Ngunguru
19 November 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A bigger river crossing with a small boat Actually just the backpacks because it was possible to swim across the deeper channels...Awesome campground with a hot shower. New people and a funny reunionBaca selengkapnya
Ocean Beach
20–21 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
More river crossings, some road walks, a mountain climb with a beautiful view and another beach for the last 7 km. An amazing day with a variety of beautiful walks.
Ruakaka
21–22 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Mountain climb to start off, road walk along the coast line, a handsome old man offering me a shower, a boat trip across the river and again a 6 km beach walk at the end. A funny new group of slowBaca selengkapnya
Cullen Brynderwyn Walkway
22–23 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
A hitch off the beach all the way to the forest, a nice lunch at a stream just 2 km before the campsite, the most beautiful campsite so far with an astonishing sunset
Mangawhai
23–24 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Some down hill, cliff walk, beach walk and resupply
100km to Auckland
24–28 Nov 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
More beaches, rocky coastlines, muddy forest hikes, a korean hiking group which was impressed by the weight of the backpacks, a great pub, 8 km kayaking
Auckland
28 Nov–2 Des 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Recover, relax, "Tramily" dinners, go shopping, spa day, new hairstyles, enjoy the time together before separating afterwards
Coromandel
2–4 Des 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Pinnacles, long hikes/runs up and down, beautiful scenery, lucky hitch after a rainy stream hike to Hot Water Beach, a beach too hot to walk on
Pahoia Beach Rescue Farm
4–6 Des 2023, Selandia Baru ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
My 3rd Helpx experience, first time on a farm with many different animals and a lovely woman, hitched 7 times from Hot Water Beach to get there.

























































































































































































































































