Vegas! A city in the Nevada desert, full of hotels, casinos, shows, and nightlife. Cailene's parents are moving to Las Vegas, so I drove there with all my suitcases and bags and explored the city together. Videos of, among others...
Nov 25-28: Wow. I'm done. Exams are over. My exchange is over... It all seems to have gone by so fast. I don't want to leave Sydney yet :(. I do want to see you all again, but I'm so...
Went to Disneyland with Cailene in Anaheim, southeast of Los Angeles. From 10 to 10 – huge park! And there was a huge Star Wars section!
We went to Beverly Hills (90210), where the celebrities live and shop on the expensive Rodeo Drive (video below with the motorcycles). We had a trendy matcha. Then we went to Venice Beach, with its skate park.
Flew to LA via Fiji, where I'm visiting Cailene, from the Sydney friend group. I had my backpack wrapped in plastic, otherwise it would get caught and lost. I picked a window seat in the plane...
Back from the mountain! On New Year's Day, I'm off to the campsite in New Plymouth to pitch my tent. And I have to make sure my gear is dry; almost everything is wet, except what I'm wearing. Click for a fun time-lapse of the...
Hamilton is known for its beautiful gardens: Classic Car Museum, Grease Lightning! Last-minute shopping for a hut-to-hut hike over the Taranaki Mountains in two days. Bought a gas burner with a cookware set, and purification tablets (the huts are basic, only using rainwater, no drinking water). It won't be so…
I looked around and bought a new phone; my old one was dying every few minutes, and it's pretty hard backpacking without it! (booking buses/huts/hostels, maps, checking in, etc.)
We took the InterCity (a kind of Flixbus) from Auckland to Tauranga, staying in a hostel. Christmas Day! We visited the town, and then went to Maunganui mountain and beach with another girl, made friends! Meanwhile, we booked the next buses, and also two cabins at...
We returned the big campervan in Christchurch. We're still using electric scooters. Two of the girls are going home. We've rented a small van to drive back to Auckland, a home delivery deal. Nice and cheap, or at least that was the plan...
