Braving Lake Taupo

Our little kayaking adventure on the largest lake of NZ with some Maori rock art

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On the slopes of Mount Doom

A beautiful hike in the Tongariro National Park, the region of "Mordor".

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Facing the “Pest”

New Zealand's fight against introduced animal species to save to last unique birds on the islands.

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Attack on General Gnome!

A short but violent story from our gnome from the end of the world.

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Forest Love

We fell in love with the forests here on the west side of the Southern Alps and spent many hours wandering through them.

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The Gnome’s been around

More travel pics from the gnome have arrived

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Sleeping in the bush

Freedom camping is one of the special things many people have heard about from New Zealand. We tried it.

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Christchurch 5 years after the earth shook

Our first stop in New Zealand was Christchurch on the north east coast of the south island. The city is slowly recovering from the earthquakes in 2010 and 2011.

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Galapagos full on

While we are getting ready for the next adventure and you are anxious awaiting blog posts, here is an introductory story about a trip to the Galapagos islands Anja and I did in 2014.

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Introducing the Gnome

Introducing General Gnome, a cheerful creature that is travelling the world with us.

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