(The Ghost Town, New Zealand, 21st of January 2017) We left the hotel really early this morning, it was just 07.15 o´clock when we sat on our bikes. The reason for this was that we heard that there would be many cars this day on our way to Whangamomona, located along The Forgotten World, Read More
(Taumanauri, New Zealand, 20th of January 2017) Today, cycling to Taumanauri was on schedule and today’s strains resulted in 986 altimeter and 108 km after some slight misalignments. Once in the little sleepy city we found accommodation at Kellys motel. We got the charma hotel owner for a while before we were allowed to, Read More
(Waitomo, New Zealand, 19th of January 2017) To save some time we took a bus the 150 kilometers from Rotorua to Waitomo. Waitomo is a little village which really only consists of a few restaurants and hotels and where it’s all about visiting Waitomo caves. We had booked accommodation at Waitomo holiday park where, Read More
(Rotorua, New Zealand, 17th of January 2017) This morning we spent some time buying a bus ticket for the next day’s destination, Waitomo caves, and then we went for a tour of the Te Puia Park with the Geyser Pohutu. Our hotel could be viewed from the park and it really looks like a, Read More
(Rotorua, New Zealand, 16th of January 2017) Matamata is not much more than the presence of Hobbiton and we felt ready for our next goal, Rotorua. A nice bike ride without any major surprises with an end result of 70,2 km and 689 altimeter. We had booked a hotel near Te Puia, a park, Read More
(Matamata, New Zealand, 15th of January 2017) After yesterday’s hard work today´s bike ride was a piece of cake. The reasonably flat cycle tour was 55,8 km long and with 161 meters of altitude. Today’s destination was Matamata where we had booked a room in advance at the hotel tavern Horse & Jockey Inn., Read More
(Paerora, New Zealand, 14th of January 2017) We started this morning by taking the ferry to the mainland and then continued cycling the longest bike ride hitherto. 120 kilometer and 1341 meters of altitude my Garmin Computer told me by the end of the day. No less than three mountains were climbed and the, Read More
(Whitianga, New Zealand, 13th of January 2017) One of the things we planned during our rest day yesterday was today’s trip to “Hot water beach” and “Cathedral Cave” with a small bus. In the morning we took a small ferry across from Whitianga to the mainland, where we found our little shuttle bus. The, Read More
(Whitianga, New Zealand, 12th of January 2017) A day off to plan for future trips. So nice to just lie in bed a whole day and read maps, guidebooks, cycling stories on the web, and other useful information. The only thing we did “in the real world” was to go for a short walk., Read More
(Whitianga, New Zealand, 11th of January 2017) We woke up to a gray sad morning with drizzle and gray clouds. We had breakfast consisting of sandwhiches with parmesan cheese, vegetables and nutella (not at the same time) and some cold potato with salt and then decided to wait a little before we started today’s, Read More
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