After Jens left in Queenstown, I discovered that the weather would be good for the next couple of days. Especially Mt Cook had a positive forecast. I refilled the car completely and made my way to Mount cook. Not knowing that the next couple of days would have an Asian touch. Mt Cook During the […]
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Hitchhiking keyframes: Roadtrip through the west coast of New Zealand
After our amazing trip on the north island, Jens and I arrived in the capital, Wellington. It felt strange to be in a big city again. From here we took the ferry to Picton, which is definitely a todo on you NZ Todo list! It’s not the cheapest way to hop islands, but the view […]
Hitchhiking keyframes through the north island of New Zealand
Kia ora! Hello, thank you, goodbye… In the Maori language, the indigenous Polynesian people from New Zealand. After finishing some last freelance projects from the library of Auckland, I prepared myself for my trip through New Zealand. Jens would join me and we would try to hitchhike all the way to Wellington. Before taking of […]
Sydney – Episode 2: Manly fundraising
One of the things you learn quickly arriving in Australia as a backpacker: you can not survive without working. As I mentioned in my previous post, I started looking for work the moment I arrived. It hasn’t been easy so far, but after two weeks of spreading out resumes, I found something. Not exactly what […]
Batambang – Angkor Whaat?! A week of stones and temples
Enough palm trees and beaches for now. Back to the real world. I took a “hotel-bus“to Battambang from Sihanoukville. This was the best nightbus I’ve ever had! The beds were actual beds, where you could completely lay down. I had a one-person bed for myself and my neighbours, a couple from Scotland shared a two-person bed. They […]
North-Vietnam
For the last 10 days I’ve been running into people that I met everywhere. If it wasn’t a couple I talked to in a bar two hours before, it was my buddy from Las Vegas whom I met on my last day on Koh Tao three months ago! But the best reunion was definitely with digital […]