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Alps To Ocean New Zealand from Tasting Travels on Vimeo.

Alps2Ocean Slide Show Movie

Alps To Ocean New Zealand from Tasting Travels on Vimeo. One of the things that drives us crazy as cycle tourists is the impossibility to be able to share in full the experiences we are lucky to have through our blog. Particularly those experiences that makes us fall in love […]

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Cycling New Zealand Part 2: The Alps2Ocean from Ocean to Alps

Deutsche Cycling New Zealand Part 2: The Alps2Ocean from Ocean to Alps Country: New Zealand From Oamaru to Mount Cook Village (Aoraki) Lesson learned: Once in a life a helicopter ride is well-spent money Laughed about: Our snail’s pace Most wonderful miracle: The Milky Way over Lake Benmore Greatest challenge: gravel and […]

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Cycling New Zealand Part 1: Sun doesn’t always shine

Cycling New Zealand Part 1: Sun doesn’t always shine Country: New Zealand From Christchurch to Oamaru Lesson learned: Water may be free in New Zealand, but not always easy to obtain Laughed about: A village with three habitants Most wonderful miracle: Hanne, Ramon and Isla Greatest challenge: Headwinds, trailers and cold drizzle […]

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Backpacking Tonga

So our New Zealand Visa would expire after a year. What to do if we wanted to travel for longer? Well, there was always the option of a good old fashioned Visa Run. And as there are no land borders into New Zealand we had to fly somewhere. Roberto and […]

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All roads lead to Home

All roads lead to Home

Al roads lead to Home   New Zealand is as far as I can get from home. Well, to be exact the very furthest point from Germany is just water in the South Pacific. But close enough. Christchurch is exactly opposite of the Spanish Galicia. And that’s pretty much just […]

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New Zealand: Winter is coming

New Zealand: Winter is coming Country: New Zealand From Christchurch to Christchurch Lesson learned: New Zillund English isn’t easy. Laughed about: Happy Kiwis in shorts and barefoot at -3° Most wonderful miracle: Natural wonders just around the corner Food we ate: Homemade food, burgers, cocktails, fruit, and cherry tomatoes Greatest challenge: Winter […]

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Working Holiday in New Zealand: Panniers in a wardrobe

Working Holiday in New Zealand: Panniers in a wardrobe

Working Holiday in New Zealand: Panniers in a wardrobe Country: Australia and New Zealand From Sydney to Christchurch Lesson learned: Don’t worry too much about missing baggage Laughed about: Alan who likes to rock his mullet through the kitchen Most wonderful miracle: A chest of drawers and a wardrobe instead of 12 panniers […]

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Our Australian Private Film Festival

Our Australian Private Film Festival

May 16, 2016 Honolulu, Hawaii On December 28, 1895 the Lumiére brothers screened for the first time a motion picture film. The film was called Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, it ran for 46 seconds and it was about literally that, workers leaving the factory. Today this simple film has become […]

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