Wind of Change
Welcome to my travel blog! The adventure will be trekking to the Mount Everest Base Camp followed by a tour Down Under.
Mount Everest Base Camp
Accomodation and Food
We stayed at lodges/te houses/hotels throughout the trek. Probably not any stars, but often with a very good view and ...
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There can be only one
Trekking day 12, 19th of October. It’s a clear morning, so we are looking forward getting on one of the ...
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Highest Irish pub
Trekking day 10, 17th of October. Because we missed a day in getting to Lukla, it was decided to combine ...
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Kala Patthar
Trekking day 9, 16th of October. We got up at 4:00 to summit Kala Patthar (5643m), close to the lodge ...
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Everest Base Camp
Trekking day 8, 15th of October. Started a bit earlier today because we had a long day trekking in front ...
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Scott Fischer
Trekking day 7, 14th of October. Today’s walk was from Dingboche (4349m) to Loboche (4940m) with lunch at Dukla. An ...
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Black and white
Trekking day 5, 12th of October. Before setting off, Rosen told a story of the Yetis – and it ...
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The fellowship continues
I have been without internet and the last days have also been exhausting – but I made it both to ...
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Mount Everest at sight
Trekking day 3, 10th of October. Woke up to a sunny morning in Namche Bazar with a nice view to ...
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Peak to Mount Everest
We had an acclimatization day today (10th of October), meaning we went 500m up and then returned to Namche Bazar ...
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Nepalese Rivendell
Trekking day 2, 9th of October. The trek today brought us from Phakding in 2650m to Namche Bazar in 3450m ...
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Green covered mountains
Trekking day 1, 8th of October. It was luckily easier to sleep in the tent this night and we got ...
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Namaste… welcome to Nepal
Mountains camouflaged in skies were welcoming us during the flight to Kathmandu. Although arriving before sunset, it was dark to ...
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Trekking to Mount Everest Base Camp
As I turned another 10-page in the large book of lifeventure, I thought it would be a good occasion for trekking ...
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New Zealand...and a bit of australia
Christchurch and almost Edoras
I stay in Christchurch from Friday 6th of December until late afternoon on Monday 9th of December. Here follows some ...
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Antarctic Center and Return of the Camper
Day 35. I drive to the city center of Christchurch and walk around for a couple of hours. Actually, the ...
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Rounded 5000km and 5000 photos
Day 34. I have noticed when dumping grey water that there is not much in the tank. A short inspection ...
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Sir Edmund Hillary
Day 33. It has rained all night, and the morning also starts such. There is not much to see except ...
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Mount Cook
Day 32. Really a nice morning where I can see Mount Cook in the distance from the camp site. It’s ...
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Boulders and Mount Cook
Day 31. I drive to the nearby Moeraki Boulders. With yesterday’s visit to the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum and the ...
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Dunedin and Top Gun
Day 30. Finally a city where the streets are not carved from an efficient chess board. Here in Dunedin there ...
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The Catlins
Day 29. Today, I drive from Invercargill to Dunedin through the south east road near the sea. The area has ...
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Kepler track
Day 26. The Kepler track is one of the Great Walks in New Zealand. It’s a total of 60km in ...
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Key Summit and Earland Falls
Day 25. I drive a bit north to The Divide, from where the Great Walk, Routeburn, starts, but also several ...
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Milford Sound
Day 24. I have booked a ferry at Milford Sounds for 12:15 (yes, through bookme.co.nz), so I leave Te Anau ...
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River Rafting
Day 23. I have booked river rafting at the Shotover river with the company Go Orange. I’ll need to be ...
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Speed boat
Day 22. I have booked 25 min in a speed boat. There are rather large waves on the lake which ...
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Isthmus Peak
Day 20. The morning looks good, sunny with only few clouds. When I reach the starting point of Isthmus Peak ...
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Franz Joseph Glacier
Day 17. Good intentions…but the warm bed and time of day convinced me that Lake Matheson probably would be clouded ...
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West coast and rain
Day 16. I say goodbye to the lovely hosts. Before this, Kenny has drawn a map of the places I ...
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Arthurs Pass
Day 15. Weather is much better as predicted from the weather apps – now I can see the many surrounding ...
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UnderWorld rafting
Day 14. I drive to UnderWorld Adventures, and luckily the tours are still on although we had a lot of ...
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West coast and pan cakes
Day 13. Starting the day at the nearby tourist information (getting standard). I get an overview of the nearby treks ...
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Nelson Lakes National Park
Day 12. The detour works fine and is on pave road. I have a stop at the i-Site in Saint ...
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Abel Tasman
Day 11. I drive to Marahau, where I have booked a water taxi at 9:00am to bring me to the ...
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The eye of the tig…kiwi
Day 9. Another rainy and cloudy start of the day. I drive to the very north Puponga, ready to equip ...
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The One Ring
Day 8. Not a good night’s sleep, but I continue the scenic drive towards Nelson. It’s still rainy and cloudy ...
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Start on south island
Day 7. The ferry takes 3:30 hours, so I’m first in Picton 16:30. The entry is along green covered cliffs ...
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Rivendell and Wellington
Day 6. I drive towards the capital Wellington in the southern part of the northern island. On my way I ...
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Tongarino alpine crossing
Day 5 The shuttle leaves at 7:30am to the starting point of the trek – and then there are close ...
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Geysers, hot pools and Huga falls
Day 4 I plan to see the geysers and hot pools at Wai-o-tapu. The geyser, Lady Knox, is first set-off ...
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Rotoura and redwoods
Day 3 I continue to Rotoura, to see the redwoods and do a tree top walking. It’s actually just as ...
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Hobbiton – Rolling green hills
Day 3 The morning starts driving to the Hobbiton location. I pass the famous rolling green hills along my way ...
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Coromandel
Day 1 and 2. It’s going quite well driving in the left side of the road (also got some practice ...
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Nau mai, haere mai…welcome to New Zealand
After more than 30 hours travel, I have arrived on the opposite side of the globe – Auckland in New ...
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