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Wir sind in Erwartung eines schönen Sonnenaufganges um halb sechs aufgestanden und wieder zurück in den Ort gefahren. Dort haben wir uns am Strand geduscht und anschließend begonnen, unser Gepäck im Auto zu verstauen - groß ist es ja nicht gerade und Stauraum hält sich auch in Grenzen. Nun war es an der Zeit, einen Nahrungsmittelvorrat anzulegen also bin ich in den nahegelegenen Supermarkt gegangen und habe - mangels Kühlschrank im Auto - hauptsächlich Fertiggerichte besorgt. Einen Te...

Here are some pictures of my trip to New Zealand. I went to both North and South Island by rental car. Enjoy!!!

In Tairua I met some really interesting people, again an American who was a "surferboy", another cyclist from America, a Canadian who lives in the middle of London and writes poems and plays and a really strange older American who could not stop making comments about the movie we were watching (how annoying!). The next day, I rode for 36km over a 200m hill. I managed to cycle all the way up and even overtook the American cyclist who left earlier than me. I was so proud of myself! Howeve...

Finding Victoria. Many countries across the globe have honoured Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the Commonwealth. On my travels I will keep my eye out for various namesakes.

It started out good, until Erin and I arrived at the pub. It was NZ$80 for all-you-can-drink. About 8 redbull vodkas later, I was obviously blind drunk. Had an argument with Erin later - I think she dissappeared off with some random guy to go give him a BJ (!) - but had left me all alone in a strange city.  It didn't help that I had a crush on her at the time.In my haste, I drove 200+ kms all the way home. Blind drunk. Fortunately, there was no other traffic on the road  at 6 a.m. o...

 Dag allemaal,We hebben een fantastisch kerst gehad in Auckland. We logeerden in leuk en gezellig guesthouse (City Garden Lodge) midden in de stad. We waren 2 dagen voor kerst daar aangekomen en spannend was het om alle voorbereidingen mee te maken. Ze hielden een multiculturele buffet voor kerst, waar iedereen iets uit hun eigen land mocht maken en meenemen. Mensen waren dagen van te voren bezig. Een jongen (Duitser) was de avond dat we aankwamen bezig een kerststol te maken. Hier is hi...

Just a few pics from my homeland. If anyone has any questions about NZ please just email me :-)

A few cool photos of NZ, enjoy!

Stuart and Deb are driving from Wellington up to Tauranga for Christmas and then set off for two weeks travel up to the tip of the North Island and back again.