From Sydney, we first headed to Mudgee. This was the place we had to take the car we bought. From there, there was a plan to continue to Melbourne. We also needed to rent a car for ourselves inorder to get from Mudgee to Melbourne. As a result of Jaanus’ good work, we found a …
We landed in Sydney in the early morning of Sunday and immediately took steps to the place where we stayed. As a result of Kaija’s great work, we had once again found a place in Couchsurfing where we got a free stay. Landed at Sydney Airport, it is good to know that if you are …
We had chosen Christchurch for a longer stay as Jaanus’ friend Mikk and his wife Karen live there for many years. The first days we rested and lived in. We went to the city center and visited the museum and drove around with Lime electric scooters. One of the top moments in Christchurch was definitely …
As you might have read from our previous post, we got our caravan pretty late. So, on the first day, we had a tight schedule if we wanted to see anything on the north island. The Estonian girl who worked in the rental company advised us to travel to Rotorua definitely. Jaanus got used to …
First, as the background info that our flights from Florida to New Zealand lasted nearly 3 days. First, we flew from Florida to LA, where we waited half a night for the next flight. Then we flew to Hawaii, where we also spent one night waiting for the next flight. Overnight at Hawaii Honolulu Airport …
We flew back to the US from South America for two main reasons. First of all, we had promised our friends, relatives, that we would visit them during our trip. Second, we found significantly cheaper tickets to New Zealand from the US. Florida was a vacation for us. We were able to rest from traveling …
Santiago initially felt daunting. We landed late at night and had to sleep over in airport til morning before heading to our Couchsurfing place. So we started moving between 7-8 in the morning, when all the shops and cafes were still closed and the city seemed pretty bleak. But this impression changed tremendously during the …
After a long hike, we decided to take a few days off and rest in Punta Arenas. We found an overnight stay at Airbnb at a reasonable price. Through the difficulties, we found the right house because here it is customary to give directions to turn right on this street and to the left from …
Day We woke up at six o’clock in the morning to catch the first bus to the national park. By 7 o’clock we were already on the bus and sleeping again since it was a 2-hour ride. When we arrived at the entrance of the national park we were very happy that we bought the …
Our flight from Calama to Punta Arenas had a 4-hour layover in Santiago. We met one local guy at the airport who was also flying to Punta Arenas for work. He was sharing some tips what to do in Santiago because we planned to stay there a few days after our hike. He saved us …