7km total 1362 km 2 hours Short day to get to my today hosts here in Whanganui where I will be able to rest a little. There I received a official Maori welcome (pōwhiri) where Rob and George welcomed into their home. It was a experience for me.
39km total 1302km 7 hours
5 km total 1037 km 1 hours 299.5 hours I used this day to meet other hikers , have food, rest and plan the following days. The one hour walk on the road was easy and hot. I was happy I had an ice cream right before the start . I pitched my tent a […]
17 km total 871km 6 hours total 257 hours Went on to Te Kuiti today. The trail goes through farmland and I was lucky to get through it without getting rammed by some aggressive bulls, as other hikers reported. The trail went on two muddy hills and the way down was quite slippery. The trail […]
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) […]
Because I had some free time remaining before my little NZ expedition, I joined my mom and aunts to bike a bicycle path that stretches from Caen in Normandy to La Rochelle at the Atlantic ocean. The 11 day trip started by getting up really early at the Hostel of Delémont by 4 in the […]
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 […]
Finally I am back home here in Switzerland. As you can see from the picture it is like turning a page and obviously socks too. I am heading to the trailhead of the Swiss Via Alpina (the green trail part from the 5000 km of this trail network). What I am expecting? 390 km 14 […]
