24h plane travel

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I always found this animation fascinating. It depicts the various planes during a 24h cycle. You can see the massive transatlantic traffic, the line from South America over to their former mother countries, the enormous air traffic in the United States… I’ll be one one of these soon again!   Read More

Waiheke

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When I first heard about Waiheke Island I thought they were talking about Hawaii. Many names here, taken over from Māori, have a hawaiian ring to me. I only recently found out that they are indeed all related. Funnily, all those polynesian micro-islands in the pacific have been discovered and settled way before the two main […] Read More

RTW #2

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I booked my second RTW ticket. I’ve been on and off the phone and Skype with the Lufthansa Round-the-world desk in Frankfurt in the past couple of days. It took a bit longer this time, but they’ve been super helpful as ever. It took more time, especially deciding where I wanted to go in Asia, […] Read More

İstanbul’a hoşgeldiniz!

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It took some time to figure it out, because I have no idea about Istanbul and because there were so many offers on Airbnb. Prices varied a lot, too. Some places looked fantastic and had corresponding prices, some looked great, and the price was ok… I think I found middle ground. I’ll be there from […] Read More

5 months

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Today, five months ago, I arrived in Rio de Janeiro. It seems like an eternity. Then again: it also seems like just a few days ago that I thought: wow, four months! Time is really relative, and it’s playing its tricks on me. It seems to go faster and faster, the longer I travel, after […] Read More

Volatile

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The weather is so volatile right now, it’s hard to plan anything. You wake up, it’s grey as can be… turn around, wake up again, blue skies… jump in the shower, ready to go out, it’s raining. Do some surfing, blue skies, out for coffee… walking home, back in the rain… I want to do […] Read More

Harbor walk

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The weekend was really quiet… I first wanted to go out and party a bit, but in the end… Friday it seems I was too early, all the places I went to were still empty… And I ended up watching Modern Family and eating chips. Bad! Saturday I went up on the tower, and I […] Read More

Sky Tower (Night)

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For only 2$ more, you can get another ride up the tower, at night. Cool thing, had to do it. It’s great to see the city underneath slowly light up. It’s a bit tough with the pictures though, as the glass reflects the ceiling lights, emergency exit signs and people…. On top of it, the […] Read More

Sky Tower (Day)

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I made it up to the Sky Tower today. At 328 meters, measured to the top of the antenna, it is the highest man-made structure in the Southern hemisphere. Funny how each and every city I have visited has somehow the highest something of the southern hemisphere, be it Santiago, Melbourne or Auckland… I guess […] Read More

Slow days

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I’m still feeling a bit slow, from my light cold. So these past two days I have mostly strolled around town, starting with the usual morning coffee session ritual that includes emails, surfing and booking. I got a haircut, and I ordered some sun glasses, finally. I forgot my sunglasses and my second pair in […] Read More

Devonport

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My host Harvey gave me a number of insider tips for my stroll around Devonport. I took the ferry in the morning, crossing the harbor in less than 15 minutes, and arrived on the opposite site, in Devonport, a small suburb of Auckland, located on the North shore of the harbor, at the southern end of a peninsula. […] Read More

Waitemata sunset

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Still feeling a bit beat up by my cold, I did a stroll on Monday evening down to the harbor to some of the small beaches that are located along Waitemata Harbor, Home Bay and Herne Bay reserves. I saw so many people jogging. that seems to be the thing to keep Kiwis fit… Two guys came […] Read More