Fernweh

Home in Wellington, obviously. Friday night, after a windy day which we ended with yummy Thai food in Whitianga, the weather got really bad, so we weren’t too sad to leave. Anna and I drove down from Coromandel in two days, stopping the night at Taupo. The highlight definitely was a stop at Kerosene Creek [...]

The second part of my trip is almost over by now – and the Coromandel Peninsula lived up to its reputation with stunning coastal sights. The weather’s been a bit mixed, but I did get to swim in the ocean several times and lay on the gorgeous beach of Cathedral Cove yesterday. That was a [...]

No internet in coromandel, but met up with anna and silva and am enjoying good company and beautiful scenery. # Slight change in plans – i’ll travel down to wellington with anna, arriving sunday instead of saturday. no more bus, yay! # Powered by Twitter Tools.

The daytrip up to Cape Reinga (pronounced ‘Ree-enga’) yesterday was great. We got an early start and made lots of stops at different interesting points, like a kauri forest (kauris are the second biggest trees in the world) and of course the famous ‘Ninety Mile Beach’ (which is only 64 miles long, but still very [...]

Trying to sleep, as my daytrip starts very early tomorrow. but it’s noisy outside – mostly in swiss german, which is weird. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

The dolphin tour happened, and while it did rain for a while at the beginning, it turned out a really awesome day. We saw several schools of dolphins playing together – an incredible experience. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to go into the water with them, as they had a calf (born only that morning) with [...]

After a long day on the train yesterday (I definitely prefer trains to buses, it’s much more relaxing and I finished two books), I arrived in Paihia on the Bay of Islands this afternoon. Unfortunately it was pouring with rain and the famous islands were hidden in grey mist. Not how I imagined my ‘beach [...]

The train is late arriving in auckland. train journeys are much nicer than buses, but i’m still really tired. # Also, happy birthday, mami! *hugs* (not that she’ll see this, as my parents are off celebrating in the snow.) # Powered by Twitter Tools.

I really like living here. My two flatmates, Lyannie (who’s moving out at the end of the month) and Jessica, are both very nice, and we’re settling into a comfortable rhythm. I have almost as much freedom as when I was living by myself, but with more space, a tv, no paying for laundry and [...]

Yesterday me and Dan moved all my stuff from the residence hall to the flat. Afterwards I dove right in, unpacked and bought a couple of things I needed. I’m more or less all set up now, including some color on the walls (as it’s pretty much all grey-in-grey). That’s the good thing about carrying [...]