We searched for a freedom camping space and found one next to highway 6. It wasn’t the best idea because we stood crooked with our camper all night and didn’t really get a lot of sleep, but we were to stingy to pay for a campsite this time. Basti dreamt that we would tip over READ MORE
Category: New Zealand
A bit of recovery for our legs
After our glacier hike we wanted a bit of relaxation for our legs, because we had aching muscles. So we had just two stations on our plan so far. We headed to Elisabeth point. A nice place north of Greymouth on the western coastline. We drove to the very last carpark and had to walk READ MORE
That was just not our day
We started our day with a beautiful view and sunshine. We got down to the get-together area of the campsite to make breakfast. There was nothing but a sink, a toaster, a stove and a water boiler. So we went up to the camper to get all the kitchen stuff we needed. There was a READ MORE
The country of mesmerizing lakes
From my point of view New Zealand is the country of lakes. We drove by so many of them and one is prettier than the one before. The color of the water just amaze me and it’s getting more and more intense. We stayed in a little town called Lumpsen, where every public parking space READ MORE
Diving in Milford Sound
Our alarm rang at 5:30 to get there on time. It was still dark outside and we made our way down to the beginning of the sound after breakfast. The road was very curvy and luckily Basti was driving. From our campsite it took us around 1:15h to get there. So if you have to READ MORE
600 km further away
Our next day started with a beautiful sunrise and a bunch of German people at the breakfast and some typical cliches. We entered the get together area of our campsite and so did some more German travelers. The British couple must have felt like being in the wrong country. And we were told that bavarians READ MORE
We hit the road
After a very relaxing night in the studio in Christchurch the day has finally come and we could pick up our camper van. I normally would never go camping but in this case I would call it camping deluxe 😉 We got a ride to Maui the camper rental company and had to do a READ MORE
12 h ahead now
After traveling like forever because we took a night flight, had one day in a hotel bed followed by another night flight we were so exhausted. But after one more domestic flight we finally reached our first destination in New Zealand. We felt more than happy because now we have 3 days off of flighing READ MORE