So we went to this incredibly isolated, but oh so beautiful place called “Easter Island”. Although it belongs officially to Chile since 1888, it breathes the temperament and history of its Polynesian ancestors. Because that is one thing for sure: the Rapa Nui (the inhabitants of Easter Island) came from Polynesia.
But what about those Moai? […]
Yes, French Polynesia is about white, sandy beaches, crystal clear blue water, palm trees and coconuts lying around everywhere for everybody free to eat. Top that with incredibly friendly people, French baguette and croissants and you seriously start wondering why you are still living in Europe.
BUT
French Polynesia also has some obscure dark sides which we […]
“… falls in himself.”
So a wellknown saying in Holland goes. We however think that it should be changed to:
“Who digs a hole for another… makes sure the other can have a hot spa!”
But in our case, today will be yesterday.
Yep, get that brain working…!
We are leaving Auckland the 6th of June, arriving in Pape’ete (Tahiti) the 5th of June, thereby traversing a time-zone and gaining a day. Well it was about time also, because for the moment we only kept loosing them…
Or let’s […]
We were quite looking forward going to Tahiti; after having finished cycling, we passed a few days in Auckland, which wasn’t our favorite city and the weather wasn’t all too good, which made we were quite looking forward to some sunshine in Tahiti. But, arriving at the airport we got a little surprise…
For the last part of our cycling trip, we cycled from Greymouth (the most boring city ever, not only of New Zealand but probably in the whole world…) to Christchurch over two passes: Arthur’s Pass and Porter’s Pass. Now luckily the landscapes on this part are absolutely spectacular, because especially the part over Arthur’s Pass […]
So we had been quite lucky with the weather so far: only one real day of rain at Lake Tekapo, but fine weather the rest of the time (cold though), and even the West Coast had been very kind to us for the last days, and despite fellow travelers telling us: “Oh god! You are […]
There is one place on the westcoast that almost everybody goes to see (because it is very beautiful): Milford Sound. However, most people go there on a cruise, sitting on a boat for 1.5 hours, doing the tour and driving back to Te Anau again. This wasn’t too much to our taste and thus we […]
