(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