Wellington takes pride in its variety in local craft beers. In the city, you will find plenty of pubs offering various lagers, pale ales, pilsners and more. After two weeks of camping with very little alcohol consumption, we were very excited about our little bar hopping evening plan. Here are the places we tried. The Malt House The first place was a recommendation from our Airbnb host. The Malt House has a lovely interior with several … [Read more...] about Barhopping in Wellington
Vegan Review of Wellington
As always when we visit a new city we like trying vegan restaurants. Not only to get a break from our camping dishes but to have a glimpse of the cities’ plant-based scenery. After a good experience in Dunedin and an unsatisfactory one in Queenstown we were curious about New Zealand’s capital. As always, the first thing we do to find out how vegan-friendly a city is, we consult the HappyCow! app.In Wellington, it showed us four pure vegan … [Read more...] about Vegan Review of Wellington
Two days in Wellington
Our first stop on the North Island was Wellington and we were very excited to visit a city after two weeks of camping in remote places. Especially the thought of sleeping in a bed was very exciting to us. The Beer Culture One thing very appealing to me was the fondness of craft beer the citizens of Wellington have. So after a quick dinner at our accommodation, we headed to the city for a little bar hopping. We tried three different places, … [Read more...] about Two days in Wellington
The Fiordland
After our epic road trip along the Southern Scenic Drive, we were ready to enter the Fiordland area. The drive Our first “wow” moment was already driving from the South, as we started to see the mountains in the far back, get closer and closer. After a quick stop at Manapouri Lake, where we had a look at the lake and the scenery around, we then drove on to our campsite by Lake Te Anau. We were really excited about this campsite as we had … [Read more...] about The Fiordland
West Coast and Marlborough & Nelson
Another of Chris’ Travel Fails After the glacier area, we drove up along the West Coast towards the North end of the South Island. On the way, we stopped for a dip in Lake Ianthe before heading to the beautiful Hokitika Gorge. When we arrived at the gorge, I wanted to change into my hiking shoes but couldn't find them. Then it hit me: I had taken them off to jump into the lake and left them under the car without picking them up again. So we had … [Read more...] about West Coast and Marlborough & Nelson
The Fox and the Franz Josef Glacier
After leaving Lake Wanaka behind, our next destination was the glacier area on the West Coast. On the way to the first, the Fox Glacier, we made an overnight stop at the Lake Paringa Campsite. Unfortunately, the sandflies made it impossible to enjoy the sunset and we had to retire to our tent fairly early. That was not so bad because we spontaneously decided to do sunrise the next day for which we had to get up at 3.30am to drive to a good … [Read more...] about The Fox and the Franz Josef Glacier