Arrival in Bali and Kuta After waiting 35h in Perth Airport, playing cards and sleeping, we’ve finally arrived in Bali ! Temperature rises brutally as we walk out the plane: in Perth, autumn is coming, when here it’s 25°C at…
On the north west side of Lake Taupo on the cliffs of Mine Bay, there are Maori rock carving created in the late 1970s by master carver Matahi Whakataka-Brightwell. Carved in likeness of Ngatoroirangi, a navigator who guided the Tuwharetoa…
Back in Modor, at the Tongariro NP A few weeks ago, at the end of november, we’ve been hiking on the Tongariro Alpine Crossing. Famous hiking trail, which is among the top 10 1 day trek in the world !…
Blue Lake and Redwoods Forest We’ve already been in Rotorua a few weeks ago, to visit its amazing geothermal wonders. But bad weather and job research didn’t allowed us enough time to visit everything we wanted. So, now we both…
Discovering Lake Waikaremoana A few resting days after of our last walk up the volcanos of the Tongariro National Park, we are back on tracks. This time we picked a not-so-famous Great Walk, going around legendary Lake Waikaremoana… Andy, our…
Discovering Taupo From Rotorua and its geothermal resources, we arrive in Taupo, a lovely city situated on the shore of a great lake, that looks like mediterranean sea and the north italian lakes. In the distance, the magnificent Tongariro National…
Discovering Rotorua After our trip to The Shire, we are now discovering Rotorua’s surroundings! Located along the shore of a beautiful crater lake glittering like a sapphire in the sun, this charming city is really… sulfuric! Indeed, the area shows…
Hobbiton history When Peter Jackson spotted the Alexander Farm during an aerial search of the North Island for the best possible locations to film The Lord of The Rings film trilogy, he immediately thought it was perfect for Hobbiton. Nevertheless,…
Getting ready for the trip Sunday the 2nd of november. Goal of the day : to buy a car and drive away. Ellerslie Car Fair is open from 9am to 12am. There is a lot of sellers, but there is…
New Zealand New-Zealand, Aotearoa (« The land of the long white cloud in māori, name first given to the north island, then to the whole country), garden of God on Earth. One of the last land discovered by humans, with most…