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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 […]