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Tagged With: Couchsurfing

Catching the bus

Our first destination after leaving Christchurch was the Banks Peninsula. It’s of volcanic origin, and erosion carved uncounted valleys into the edges of the peninsula, creating beautiful secluded bays, one after another. The Summit Road which leads along the former crater edge is windy but ok, but if you venture down into some of the … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Encounters, Local culture, New Zealand, Oceania, Travel tips | Schlagwörter: , , | Schreib einen Kommentar

Picking up the pieces

It was 4:35 in the morning when the ground started shaking. The September 2010 earthquake threw people out of their beds, cracked up roads and made buildings collapse. The Christchurch quake had a 7.1 magnitude and was the strongest one in decades. It became even worse though when on February 22 an aftershock occurred much … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Encounters, Local culture, New Zealand, Oceania | Schlagwörter: , | Ein Kommentar

Stopover in Kuala Lumpur

We found a ridiculously cheap flight to New Zealand from Kuala Lumpur – 80€ for both of us… So we swapped the jungle of Borneo for the urban jungle of Kuala Lumpur, or KL as everyone here calls it, to strategically place ourselves at the AirAsia hub, and explore the Malaysian capital for a few … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Asia, Encounters, Malaysia | Schlagwörter: , | Schreib einen Kommentar

Walk and eat

While we were still in Coron, chilling out in a resort on a little island, we received an email from Mike. He had found us through the couchsurfing website and asked whether we wanted to meet for lunch in Manila on our last day in the Philippines. We’re always keen to meet locals, so we … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Asia, Encounters, Food, Philippines | Schlagwörter: , , | Schreib einen Kommentar

Immersed in local flavors

You can always explore cities on your own, but if you have some locals by your side, it’s a different story. Here in Seoul, we got three times lucky. First, we found via couchsurfing.com a young businessman named Chulwoo, that hosted us for our first night in Seoul in his luxury apartment, in the most … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Asia, Food, History, Local culture, South Korea, Travel tips | Schlagwörter: , , , , , | Schreib einen Kommentar

Surfing Shanghai

We only caught a glimpse of Shanghai during our two-day stopover. The vistas at night strolling down ‚the Bund‘ are fantastic, it’s a huge, modern and very clean city. The shiny scyscrapers are impressive, and if you are into glitzy shopping malls and fancy restaurants, Shanghai offers all that and more. Yet for us, it … Weiterlesen »

Kategorien: >>In English<<, Asia, China, Planning, Travel tips | Schlagwörter: , | Ein Kommentar