Mexico: from Tulum via Cobá to Valladolid
I got to spend my birthday in Tulum! After Cancún and Playa del Carmen, Tulum is probably the third most touristy place in Mexico, but the hotel strip …
Mexico: Playa del Carmen
And once again we stayed longer in one place than planned - if this carries on, we will still be in Mexico in two months. Like Cancún, Playa del …
Mexico: Are we still on Isla Holbox or already in paradise?
Early in the morning we took the bus three hours from Cancún to the small harbour village of Chiquilá, from where you cross to Isla Holbox. Slightly …
Mexico: Cancún & Isla Mujeres
Goodbye New Zealand! ¡Hola México! Our flight left Christchurch at 7 am. At 4:30 pm the same day we landed in Cancún. Between the two lay 27 hours of …
300 km hitchhiking from Dunedin to Christchurch Our last days in New Zealand
We gave ourselves no time to mourn the trail and, only a day after the big finish, boarded the bus to the east coast city of Dunedin. We had booked …
Section 19: Bluff – journey's end!
Originally we had toyed with making the last day our longest and walking the entire 66 kilometres in one go – which is doable, since the route is flat …
Section 18: Arriving in Middle-earth
From Queenstown our “run” towards Bluff began. Only 320 km to go. But instead of putting in short days with long breaks at the end of our strength, we …
Section 17: An elevation record on the way to Queenstown
The route from Wanaka to Queenstown promises to be one of the last big hurdles of the Te Araroa. The elevation profile of the Motatapu Alpine Track …
Section 16: New Zealand's best side on the way to Wanaka
Days 91-96 This section: 194 km Total: 2583 km From Lake Tekapo the Te Araroa follows the Alps2Ocean mountain bike trail for 90 kilometres. Ideal …
Section 15: The highest point of the Te Araroa and halfway on the South Island
The most important news first: yeah, we are in the newspaper ! The official track name for the first part of this section is: Hazard Zone 1 Rakaia to …