Jun '0821
“… falls in himself.” So a wellknown saying in Holland goes. We however think that it should be changed to: “Who digs a hole for another… makes sure the other can have a hot spa!”
Jun '0806
But in our case, today will be yesterday. Yep, get that brain working…! We are leaving Auckland the 6th of June, arriving in Pape’ete (Tahiti) the 5th of June, thereby traversing a time-zone and gaining a day. Well it was about time also, because for the moment we only kept loosing them… Or let’s say […]
Jun '0804
We were quite looking forward going to Tahiti; after having finished cycling, we passed a few days in Auckland, which wasn’t our favorite city and the weather wasn’t all too good, which made we were quite looking forward to some sunshine in Tahiti. But, arriving at the airport we got a little surprise…
Jun '0803
For the last part of our cycling trip, we cycled from Greymouth (the most boring city ever, not only of New Zealand but probably in the whole world…) to Christchurch over two passes: Arthur’s Pass and Porter’s Pass. Now luckily the landscapes on this part are absolutely spectacular, because especially the part over Arthur’s Pass […]
Jun '0801
So we had been quite lucky with the weather so far: only one real day of rain at Lake Tekapo, but fine weather the rest of the time (cold though), and even the West Coast had been very kind to us for the last days, and despite fellow travelers telling us: “Oh god! You are […]
May '0830
There is one place on the westcoast that almost everybody goes to see (because it is very beautiful): Milford Sound. However, most people go there on a cruise, sitting on a boat for 1.5 hours, doing the tour and driving back to Te Anau again. This wasn’t too much to our taste and thus we […]
May '0828
After having spent most of our time riding asphalted roads, it was now time that we pushed our limits a little and tried some “off-road” on a 4-wheel track from Walter’s Peak to Te Anau. Not only would this be a challenge for our bikes, but also for ourselves as we were going to go […]
May '0816
From Queenstown we decided to take the boat over lake Wakatipu to go to Walter’s Peak, from where we would cycle over a inland road to Te Anau on the West Coast. However, when we wanted to take the ferry over the lake we were in for a little surprise…
