(Albury, Australia, 3rd to 7th March 2017) When it was time to travel on we took the train from Melbourne 3 hours straight north into the mountains. We had planned to stay in a small town called Albury in a month to ride our bikes, swim and do yoga. I had booked an apartment, Read More
(Adelaide, Australia, 22th of February 2017) A tough morning with paperwork and planning ahead. Normally quite nice but this morning we were both a little too slow. We decided that I would do yoga and Johan go on a cycle tour before we would head off to a swimming pool nearby and swim a, Read More
(Adelaide, Australia, 21st of February 2017) It is now more than two months since I did yoga and I decided to finally start again. Johan took the bike and drove off up the mountain located just behind our hotel and I did yoga in the room. You can not imagine how stiff you can, Read More
(Brisbane, Australia, 5th of February 2017) We had planned that we would ride our bikes this morning and Johan had put up a tour of almost 9 kilometers up and down a mountain. We left home at 7 in the morning but it was already over 30 degrees. Despite the lack of both luggage, Read More
(Hawera, New Zealand, 27th of January 2017) We took it easy this morning, as we had only a short bike ride on 45 km left to Hawera, from where we will take a bus to Wellington tomorrow. And lo and behold – we had a tailwind and only slightly over 300 meters of altitude, Read More
(Opunake, New Zealand, 26th of January 2017) Breakfast was included in the hotel, which is rare in New Zealand. And what a wonderful breakfast! I had tea in a little pot with dots on and then we had to choose from four different breakfast menus. I chose fruit salad and toast with homemade plum, Read More
(Okato, New Zealand, 25th of January 2017) On today’s bike ride we had planned to see the volcano Taranaki close up and to get to a town high up on The Surf Highway that we have read should be a fantastic bike path. However, the day was not as pleasant as we had imagined,, Read More
(Stratford, New Zealand, 23rd of January 2017) We left Whangamomona early in the morning and knew we had a relatively short bike ride in front of us, about 60 km. In addition, we thought we would only have 300 altimeter to climb (as stated in the guidebook) and because we had no internet, we, Read More
(Whangamomona, New Zealand, 22nd of January 2017) When we woke up at Bushville camping this morning it rained and we realized that the power had gone during the night. Luckily we had our little portable stove and at least we managed to cook some coffee for breakfast. As we planned to ride on this, Read More
(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
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