Rest days in Ararimu

As expected the joint evaluation before breakfast only lead to what I had…


Day 81: Mangatewhiri Forest and Hunua Ranges - a long and painful day

Warren dropped me of at the end of Lyons Rd again in the morning at around 7…


Day 80: Meremere to Mangatawhiri Forest - a good day and meet again with Warren & Thomas

At one o'clock at night something scared me off. Something was screaming…


Day 79: Huntly to Meremere; an "emo-day" with a lot of road walking alongside Waikato River

I do seem to have a motivational issue with getting up and running these days.…


Day 78: Hamilton to Huntly - Hamilton is even more beautiful than expected and the concrete road painful.

When I left the backpackers this morning I finally had to realise that even in…


Day 77: Pirongia to Hamilton - steep climbs, a lot of road, a lot of Kiwi slang and a meet again

It's a lot easier to get up early in a hut but still not nice. Especially when…


Day 76: Omarama to Mt. Pirongia

Tried to leave early today - but I had trouble getting out of my warm sleeping…


Day 75: Waitomo to Omarama: the ankle is getting better and the trail is nice

I left the hostal at around 8.45h. The internet was so slow and to update two…


Day 74: Te Kuiti to Waitomo - back on the trail

After taking the bus back to Te Kuiti I arrived at the same spot where I had…


Ankle rest day 5 - 9

I have to admit the rest days passed by quicker than expected. Since I had also…