The journey beginns
2023年10月17日 ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Starting my trip in Frankfurt international airport after a 1 1/2 hour drive from my parents place.
Stop over in Bangkok
2023年10月18日, タイ ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Staying half a day at the international airport in Bangkok, exploring empty hallways watching staff and other people.
Short stop in Melbourne
2023年10月19日, オーストラリア ⋅ ☀️ 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
2023年10月19日〜20日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Finally arriving in Auckland with sunshine and nice people. First day, first dance event, first new Friends.
Exploring waiheke island
2023年10月20日〜21日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 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 theもっと詳しく
1st week Coopers Beach
2023年10月22日〜29日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 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 moreもっと詳しく
2nd week Coopers Beach
2023年10月29日〜11月5日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌧 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 andもっと詳しく
Short stop in Kaimaumau
2023年11月5日〜7日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 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
2023年11月7日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 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 closedもっと詳しく
90miles beach
2023年11月7日〜9日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 16 °C
Walking all along the 90miles beach to Ahipara for 3 days.
Ahipara to Kaitaia
2023年11月9日〜11日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 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 livingもっと詳しく
Raetea Forest
2023年11月11日〜12日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 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 haveもっと詳しく
Omahuta-Puketi Forest
2023年11月13日〜14日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ⛅ 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
2023年11月14日〜16日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 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
2023年11月16日〜17日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 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
2023年11月17日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 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 properもっと詳しく
Ngunguru
2023年11月19日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 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 reunionもっと詳しく
Ocean Beach
2023年11月20日〜21日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌧 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
2023年11月21日〜22日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☀️ 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 slowもっと詳しく
Cullen Brynderwyn Walkway
2023年11月22日〜23日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 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
2023年11月23日〜24日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Some down hill, cliff walk, beach walk and resupply
100km to Auckland
2023年11月24日〜28日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌬 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
2023年11月28日〜12月2日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Recover, relax, "Tramily" dinners, go shopping, spa day, new hairstyles, enjoy the time together before separating afterwards
Coromandel
2023年12月2日〜4日, ニュージーランド ⋅ ☁️ 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
2023年12月4日〜6日, ニュージーランド ⋅ 🌧 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.

























































































































































































































































