The Catlins, basically the region around the South tip of New Zealand. From our perspective a very interesting place, first of all because it is not as touristic as it seems that other areas and secondly it offers a beautiful combination of forests with hiking opportunities and spectacular sea views. […]
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Direction South, basically following the coast of New Zealand’s South island we came across a couple of beautiful spots and at least on that day, the weather was still supportive, what unfortunately changed soon, but for now, simply amazing. Moreaki Boulders First stop for us was at the Moreaki Boulders. […]
Somehow New Zealand was not the easiest start for us, being a bit shocked because all was so busy and suddenly we are back in a world where need to act according to stricter rules. Just looking for a campsite, not that easy anymore, as it is heavily regulated nowadays. […]
Primorye, so far a fantastic detour on our way to Vladivostok and an absolute highlight for us in Russia! Travelling through endless forests… … heading towards the sea and then suddenly the moment is there; we are at the Pacific Ocean. So far from home this is a very special feeling […]
Leaving Khabarovsk towards Vladivostok is an unspectacular 780 kilometres drive on a main road. Or you take a detour like we did for a more detailed exploration of the Primorye region, summing up to a bit more than 1.400 kilometres. 🙂 And honestly, it was absolutely worth it! Without too […]
Leaving Chita in direction East means you have to follow a tar road through endless forests for about 2.000 kilometres till you end up in Khabarovsk in the Far East of Russia. Hard to imagine for us Europeans what that really means, but honestly there is not much more than […]
Early September in the middle of Siberia; we found a perfect campsite for the night, close to the forest and it was even warm enough to enjoy an outside shower. Okay, at least the shower was desperately needed. 🙂 However it was a wonderful late summer evening… … with an […]
There are these days were you believe that you will spent the night at a truck stop or a strange backyard as you are not able to find a great spot that meets your expectations. Well and then suddenly you find a place like this after searching for about two […]
Time for us to head East, Vladivostok as the destination for the first part of our journey. But first we decided to explore the region around Arshan in more detail, especially as we were keen to do some hiking and stretch our legs a bit after a lot of driving […]