Up the Taranaki
On the road to the South, we make a little one-day detour to visit an other giant: Mt Taranaki. The volcano ends beautifully our journey on the Forgotten World Highway, its majestic 2518 m high perfect cone watching over all the…
The Forgotten World Highway
After some warm farewell and hugs, we leave our newzealander host and new german roomates to take the road again aboard our dear car Léonie. We take a last look over Lake Taupo that has been our daily panorama during…
Coromandel, a piece of paradise 2h from Auckland
Our seasonal working contract in Taupo will end soon. After 2 and a half months working here, we start to have itchy feet again ! We already climbed the 3 summits in Tongariro National Park (Mt Tongariro still covered in…
Diving in Tulamben, heaven for divers
Locating the dive sites in Tulamben Tulamben is a charming little village set along the ocean on the east coast of Bali. The place is renowned for its stunning coral gardens and especially for the wreck of the USAT Liberty,…
Temples of Taman Ayun and Tanah Lot, and Tirta Gangga water palace
Royal temple of Taman Ayun It’s time to leave Munduk, Bedugul and the mountains. We are now heading to the other reason that led us to Bali in the first place: the diving spots of Tulamben, on the east coast.…
Climbing on Mt Ruapehu summit
Since our last hike in the Tongariro National Park, we just spent two busy working weeks trying to content the crowd of happy tourists that invades Taupo in summer time. Still interspersed, it must be said, with relaxing moments, such…
Bedugul – Munduk – Gitgit Waterfall
Scooter ride to Munduk Yesterday’s scooter trip to Mt Batur was so fun that we decided to hire the scooter for the rest of the trip. And we’ll save some money too, because the bus is a lot more expensive…
Ubud, rice fields and Mount Batur
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 top of Mt Doom
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 !…
Weekend in Rotorua
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…