Category Archives: Urlaub

How many pictures?

Soon I will start to put up my pictures from New Zealand. Before I do this I wanted to know, how many pictures you like to see per vacation day. This question started to concern me, when I looked through them. There are must-see pictures, pictures, which are mainly because of story telling (where have… Read More »

New travel plans

Hi, go here to find out more about my new, this week starting travel plans.

Bad luck or how to save money iin

I woke up at 6 this morning and left the YHA at 7:30. It was a wonderful morning and the mountains were free of clouds – a perfect morning for a heli scenic flight. Sadly or good for my wallet I did not have enough time. Instead I used the time I had to take… Read More »

In the mountains and soaking wet

Haha, that is reticules. I am on a hike to hoocker valley lake at mount cook – actually on my way back – and am wet to the bone. My shoes are a pool, the only thing dry is this phone and my camera. I have about 2 h n the rain behind me ab… Read More »

Good morning after the rain

During the night it kept raining and temperatures continued to drop to about 12 C. Wind was going strong, I was well covered, but on some early stage it dropped water from the roof of my tent. And I thought northface is a good brand. Do not buy the “vario 33” or probably the whole… Read More »

In bed

After posting my last entry I had a walk around the camping area and stumbled upon a private hut next to it. I saw someone walking around. I said hallo and after 10 minutes talk, they invited me for a drink. We talked till about 22:00. They are two couples (sisters), one from Dunedin about… Read More »

Lime stone cliffs

Driving north I passed by some lime stone cliffs at omarama. They were quite interesting. Most amazing were the clouds, which paced very low above the cliffs and rapidly changed their shape. I could also see the water particles in some, which exposed themselves as rainbow colored shiny areas. Have a look at the pictures.… Read More »