12 km total 172km 4h total 48h To get to the next forest track another roadwalk was planned. We got a few thunderstorms but as we had a short hiking day we tayed under tent until the rain stopped. After another flat white at the local diary (maybe the forth since I am in NZ) […]
24 Km total 160 11h total 44h First jungle or forest tramping track of the TA after a good breakfast and a smooth start things get but like really muddy. And also get more sense of the tramping way of hike. There is basically no path, just markers on the trees that you follow. No […]
36 km total 136 km (+4km to resupply) 7h30 total 33h Today is my first roadwalk day. This means that I won’t walk on a tramping track (NZ for hiking) but rather on the shoulder of the road. This is because the Herekino forest is closed and so there is a detour to walk on […]
0km total 100 Hours 0 Total 25h30 The title say it all. The zero days are used to rest, read, eat new food and sleeping. This means I stay two nights at the same place but can’t wait to hike on tomorrow.
30 km total 100 (according to the maps) 8 hours total 25h30 When you lack stimulis, strange things happens. I was sure to have heard people talking in the middle of nowhere but I was alone. I read that it is quite normal. Some people hike this beach by night and they have told about […]
30 km Total 70 km 8 hours total 17h30 What else to say in comparison with yesterday? Sure I found out to my depends that the sun hit much harder than back in Switzerland. Hopping to get through the sunburn. Oh yeah and today there is much more traffic on the beach. Lot of 4×4 […]
28 km Total 40 km Hours 7h total 9h30 After a few ups and downs and even the first wrong path I followed, I walked down to 90 miles beach. I will be on this beach for the next three days… It is almost 90 miles long so I better keep going. The beginning is […]
12 km total 12 km Time 2h30 total 2h30 What a great start! After the bus tour first forgot to pick me up and someone else from the company took me then to the bus. I got a nice trip to the Cape Reinga with a nice and funny guide and a nice visit of […]
Finally! Time has come to take my backpack and way too much food and hit that trail! After a few resting days spent in Auckland where I got my lasts things like stove gas and a compass, I am now here in Kaitaia waiting for the tour bus who will bring me to Cape Reinga. […]
Small update about my program over the next weeks. First of all my one way flight for Auckland is scheduled on the 31. October and that’s in less than 2 months. After returning from a surprise city trip to the nice capital of Serbia, Belgrad, I am planning to bike a path in the northern […]
