Home is… at the end of the road
I’m travelling on the road of ups and downs. My life is just like the winding roads through the mountains, sometimes exhilarating, sometimes scary and slow. Life on the road is often unpredictable. You are never sure of finding a job, having income, or even finding a place to sleep.…
Weekly Photo Challenge: Work of Art
This work of art comes from Taipei. On a visit to the Sun Yat Sen memorial hall, I noticed this garden at the side of the building. The stern-looking statues are surrounded by all these pink flowers. A pretty sight. For more entries in the weekly photo challenge, check out…
Memories of spring
Ailsa’s weekly travel theme for this week is Blossom. At the moment I’m at the wrong side of the globe to find the blossoming flowers. Here, the air is getting chilly, the days are short, and the flowers have turned into dry, yellow and brown remnants of summer. So here’s…
From dorm room to Routeburn
There’s a new girl in the room. “I’m going to do the first part of the Routeburn track, sleep in a hut, and walk back.” “O, awesome. I’ve been looking into that.” “Do you want to come?” And so it happens that I will set off for the Routeburn track…
Through rough waters
My stay at the Headhunter village in Malaysia was followed by a boat trip through the jungle to start walking the headhunter trail. Honestly, I have no clue what the river was called. I only remember the trip. It was a very rainy day. We watched as the locals were…
Get your swag out!
Say what now? No, a swag has nothing to do with today’s oh-so-cool youth and their attitudes. One can swagger, but will never be as cool as sleeping in a swag. A swag is a big sleeping bag with a built-in mattress, a zipper along the side and a flap…
Hot pools and hot chocolate
Time is ticking away. I spent some awesome days in Pareora and did things I never thought I’d do. Queenstown is waiting though, and thus it’s time to hit the road! Since I don’t want to start working without having seen anything, I planned some stops along the way. First…
Pareora; family life
Travelling is all about new experiences. During one of my intense internet searches I came across Workaway. Workaway is an international platform where people can connect via volunteer work. I signed up as a volunteer and started browsing the ads. New Zealand seems like a perfect country to do this…
Roadtripping Lapland or Good news and Bad news
I’m excited about our road trip to Lapland when I walk over to my friend’s flat. The first thing he tells me is that we have good and we have bad news. The good news is that the car we rented, which he picked up the night before, works, the bad…