Donnerstag, 5. Februar 2009

Wandern - Hiking

This was our first overnight stay. Isn't it beautiful? We hiked on the Hooker Valley Track ...across two hanging bridges, ...

over raging rivers...
... to the Hooker glacier.Looks like a sinking horse - or maybe a seal.

Skydiving - Fallschirmsspringen

4000m/12000feet high at lake Wanaka - beeeaauutiful scenery!!

Montag, 2. Februar 2009

Es geht los - the journey begins

Heute fahren wir los. Unsere kleine Maus - der Minibus - wird uns hoffentlich eine treue Begleiterin sein...

Sonntag, 1. Februar 2009

New Zealand!!!

Since our sailing trip was shorter than expected and we had no car anymore, we organised a flight to Christchurch, New Zealand right after our sailing trip was over. 38 hours after we arrived in NZ we bought a little van...

christchurch ist eine sehr schoene stadt, sie erinnert ein wenig an holland finde ich. die letzten tage war hier ein festival auf dem ueberall strassenkuenstler auftraten. wir waren jeden abend bei einer vorfuehrung, denn man kann es sich leisten. das konzept ist so, dass man einen geringen festbetrag "donation" zahlt und die kuenstler dann spaeter noch mit einem eimer herumlaufen.
wir haben einige richtig coole akrobaten und comedians gesehen!

While we were in Christchurch the World Buskers Street Festival was on. So every day and night we got to see comedians, acrobatics and other entertainment.

With our couchsurfing hosts, Paul and Ali!

Are you looking for crew?

With this headline on a noticeboard our sailing trip started. 
It was not as nice as the first one and not as long as expected (due to wind and nightshifts). But both of us learned navigating and of course more sailing. The sea was pretty ruff sometimes and often land was out of sight. Nothing but the great wide ocean... 
This is the boat we ended up sailing with.
That's how it looked on deck.
Navigating through the Graet Barrier Reef
Sunrise after a nightshift
Try to find Yinka on this picture!
More Sunrise...
Dolphins swam with us for a while. Very nice!