All travel blog posts

Here you'll find the newest blog posts about my journeys around the world. I wrote not every post myself. Often I had help frm family and friends

More Important: All English travel blog posts are translated by an AI model from German. The english won't be perfect

My First Australian Job Search

  • 01 December 2012
  • Newcastle, Sydney

Finally, as promised long ago, here's a short post about my job search in Sydney. What can I say? I've been very fortunate in my life so far. As my brother would put it: I've often had more luck than sense. I'd like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who has helped and supported me along the way.

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Newcastle from above

Weekend in Newcastle

  • 20 November 2012
  • Newcastle, Sydney

As promised last time, I'd like to tell you about my time in Newcastle and my job search there.

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Balmain backpackers. No thanks!

Disgusting: Balmain Backpacker's

  • 01 November 2012
  • Newcastle, Sydney

When I think of this hostel, only words like revolting, filthy, grimy, neglected, and simply 'ugh' come to mind.

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The city map of Christchurch after the earthquake

My 30th Birthday in New Zealand

  • 31 October 2012
  • Christchurch

After returning the motorhome, I had three days to explore Christchurch on foot. I decided to first head toward the city center to see what remained after 4 major earthquakes and over 10,800 smaller ones in the past two years.

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Stone chairs and sofa built on the deserted beach.

New Zealand: From Mount Cook to Christchurch

  • 27 October 2012
  • Christchurch, Dorie, Moeraki

When I woke up in the morning, there was barely any sign of the 130km/h storm we'd had overnight. Since I'd secured a spot with an electrical hookup, my heater had run all night, and I hadn't felt any of the biting cold that must have descended. It was now sunny and pleasant to be outside. Only the surrounding mountains showed evidence of the storm, with fresh snow having lowered the snowline by several meters.

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The lake near Wanaka

New Zealand: From Haast to Mount Cook

  • 24 October 2012
  • Haast, Mount Cook, Wanaka

Today was a special day, though for a somewhat bittersweet reason. Unfortunately, it was our last day traveling through New Zealand together. We were lucky once more with dreamy weather and a truly beautiful route along two enormous lakes.

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A Kea at the parking lot in front of the Franz Josef Glacier

New Zealand: From Greymouth to Haast

  • 22 October 2012
  • Fox Glacier, Franz Josef Glacier, Greymouth

Good grief, what another night! I was thoroughly shaken again as the wind unfortunately hadn't died down. This time, at least, the wind wasn't coming directly across the beach, so we weren't caught in the middle of a sandstorm. After taking a few photos, we decided to move on quickly since we had something really interesting planned for today.

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Fern palm in the rainforest near the Pancake Rocks

New Zealand: From Saint Arnaud to Greymouth

  • 20 October 2012
  • Greymouth, Saint Arnaud, Westport

When I woke up in the morning after a hot night, the sun was already shining and the clouds had mostly disappeared. The night was hot because I'd set the heater too high and was too lazy to turn it down during the night.

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The sign at the entrance to Te Papa Museum in Wellington

New Zealand: From Wellington to Saint Arnaud

  • 18 October 2012
  • Blenheim, Picton, Saint Arnaud

A small complaint before I begin: I'm writing this article for the second time now. The first time, I wrote it offline in the WordPress app. When I went online to finish it, the app updated all entries and overwrote my post. This is the second time I've lost several hours of work. I've reported it to WordPress again and hope they'll fix this bug soon. It's incredibly frustrating and annoying. But now to the actual post.

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