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

NZ & AU: The Decision Has Been Made!

  • 28 July 2012
  • Australia, New Zealand

I've known for many years that I want to spend my 30th birthday alone. I think I decided about 10 years ago that I'd hide somewhere far away on that day, where nobody could find me. I never thought it would be quite this far away though! I really don't fancy having to sweep the town hall steps (a German tradition for unmarried people turning 30). As I mentioned before, in 2009 I got the idea to take a trip to Australia for my 30th. Last year, that evolved into the idea of doing Work & Travel in Australia. And this year, the opportunity came up to tour New Zealand with Sam before even entering Australia.

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Visa? The Most Important Part of My Trip

  • 20 July 2012
  • Australia, New Zealand

Today I want to tell you about how I got my visa and what I needed to consider and plan for. As I mentioned before, I've decided to do Work and Travel in Australia. For this, I need a Working Holiday Visa instead of a regular tourist visa. What exactly is a Working Holiday Visa and what does it allow me to do? This visa lets you stay in Australia for up to 12 months from your first entry. During this time, you can enter and leave the country as often as you want. You're allowed to work in any profession, though you can't work for the same employer for more than 6 months. You can also study for up to 4 months.

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Travel Scenarios in Detail

  • 16 July 2012
  • Australia, New Zealand

As promised, here are the two travel scenarios in detail. Both begin and end in pretty much the same way, so I'll start with what they have in common. The plan starts in early October, around October 8th, flying from Hamburg to Auckland, New Zealand via London and Singapore. The journey will take almost 2 days, plus there's an 11-hour time difference to deal with. Once there, I'll have a rented camper van waiting for me - ideally on the same day, but at the latest the next day. I want to get the van right away so I can head straight to the nearest beach and just relax. I'm guessing I'll be pretty exhausted and cranky after those long flights.

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Australia? When? How come? Why?

  • 11 July 2012
  • Australia, New Zealand

Friends and relatives have been asking me how I came up with the idea of going to Australia for a few months. Short answer: I've been planning this for a long time. Here, I'd like to share the detailed story behind this decision and bring you up to speed on my preparations. I never really thought much about Australia before. It seemed too far away, with a foreign language and culture. Plus, it's way too hot for me there. My first real thought about Australia came when I was reading a fishing magazine in spring 2009. I came across an article about a very rare fish that could only be found in the Great Barrier Reef.

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A photo of Sebastian Thoß

My first post in the new blog

  • 04 July 2012
  • Australia, Belgium, Germany

This is my first real post in the new blog. Well, what should I write here? I hope I'll get back into the habit of sharing my travel experiences here.

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