(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
(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, 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
(Half Moon Bay, New Zealand, 6th of January 2017) As we fell asleep very early yesterday after a long and tiring trip from Sweden, we woke up already at 04.30 in the morning. But luckily, the Ibishotel we stayed in was serving breakfast already from 5.30 in the morning so that was no problem., Read More
(Auckland, New Zealand, 5th of January 2017) It’s easy to get confused when you travel east and have to move the time forward many hours on a regular basis. Eating at odd times of the day gets quite normal but it is harder to decide when you should be sleeping (or absolutely not sleeping, Read More
(Beijing, China, 4th of January 2017) At last, the day finally came when it was time to get back out into the world again. We have been home in Sweden for three weeks and have celebrated Christmas and New Years Eve. We have had time to spend time with family and friends and now we, Read More
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