Choose happy!

2nd April 2017
Oamaru

#butfirstcoffee

Already April - I can't believe it. Time flies by...

I took the chance in Whangamata and earned some money. During the daytimes I worked in the Barista Cafe and in the Palms Tavern the night shifts. It was a lot of fun working with all these locals together!
Thank you all for this experience and for accepting me so fast and for that short period as a complete team member!

Marie and the Maori Crew

 

Coffee Lovers

Certainly I spent my last days on the north island in Raglan.

I catched my first green wave in my new wetsuit, had heaps of good laughs and too much coffee at the Raglan Roast.



Imagine this
Another world
Another place where magic exists
- Be A Kid - Twin Atlantic

Back in Christchurch I slept for two days before I wanted to make my way down the east coast for picking up my car in Orepuki. Just a look on workaway.com and I found the lovely couple Helen and Mark from Oamaru. Famous for the blue penguin colony I wanted to make a stopover anyway.

xmas feelings, xmas hoodie!

Winter sneaked in and we spend good days in front of the fire, baking, feeding the goats, chooping wood or just reading a book. With a local friend I'm going to Queenstown and Wanaka for a weekend road trip.


Afterwards I'll live a couple days with Helens son, he's a barista and is keen to teach me the basics. I appreciate all these little things I got teach and can learn during travelling so much. I make my own necklaces, can play two songs on a ukulele, baking my own grain bread and soon I might be able to brew coffee.
And in-between I improve my surfing skills every week.

Choose ↠ Happy

A week of craziness

25th February 2017
Whangamata

I don't know how I can describe the last few days. It happened incredible much of crazy, funny things I would've never dreamed about.

Instead of driving up the east coast after leaving the Menpes family, which I lived with for a month, I just booked a flight from Christchurch to Auckland. Particularly to catch up with David again, a guy from Dresden I met on Stewart Island. Because he is leaving New Zealand today and I wanted to see the Coromandel in summer anyway, we met each other in Whangamata.

I hitchhiked all the way from Auckland and he from Taupo. Without any plans and only a tent with us we started our journey.

Hitchhiking deluxe

I arrived a few hours earlier than David. It were 28 degrees and for the first time since Raglan I liked a place immediately. After I spent too much money in new shorts, the shop owner told me about a rock festival end of March. I just decided that I wanna stay and work in Whangamata and probably intentionally missing my flight back to the south island in two weeks. I popped in a few cafes and restaurants and got some contact details. During waiting for Davids arrival I met a guy at the beach, who offers us to build our tent in his garden for the night. Sweet as!

On the next day we drove to Hahei and walked to the beautiful Cathedral Code. The waves were massive but it was absolutely worth it to jump into the water. Afterwards we got a ride to the Purangi Winery, where I wanted to go anyway. We had a jug of cider and a delicious pizza and in exchange we could sleep on their camp ground for free. For sure one of my best days in New Zealand so far. On the next day we hitchhiked to the unknown Otama Beach. To swing at an empty beach on a hot summer day makes the day even more perfect.

Cathedral Cove

Otama Beach

On our way to Coromandel Town Seff, a benevolent family father, took us with him and offered us after only two sentences to overnight in his caravan. No tent building today, yay!

The way up north we went with Maurizio. He is depending on his wheelchair for 20 years. This year he fulfilled his dream and travels through Australia and New Zealand by himself. It was a pleasure to met this strong, spirited characater, who showed me again that you can do anything and that there are no excuses for not to travel.

Fletcher Bay with David and Maurizio

When we came back to Coromandel Town we got a ride with a man from Germany, who moved with his five kids and his wife from spain to New Zealand a few years ago. It's absolutely crazy, how many different people and stories I've met and heard already during my time here in Oceania.

We slept the night in a garden of an old couple in Thames and I had to decide if I wanna go to Raglan and join Daivd on his way to Auckland or if I should go back to Whangamata. I rang Andy, he gave us a ride out of town when we were in Whangamata a week ago, for asking if I could tent in his garden. And then the unbelievable happened: He told me he's not at home for the night but we're welcome to stay at his place. He told me where I can find the keys, gave me the wifi password and offered me to usw the washing mashine and the kayaks. We only spent five minutes with each other! Anyway...Because David got super jealous we hitchhiked a last time together and made David the greatest last day in New Zealand with kayaking to Hauturu Island.

Kayak professionals

A huge thanks to David for that amazing week!

Review Raglan and current stay Orepuki

When I heard my brother's song "All The Things" for the first time, I immediately had all those Raglan memories in my head. Inspired by his words, all my videos fit together like a puzzle to a perfect Raglan day. "Best day ever. Everyday".
Please click "Raglan 2016" and enjoy some minutes of a perfect life! :)

Raglan 2016

Check out my brothers facebook page: Malvin Meven Sounds

19th January 2017
Orepuki

After travelling together with my parents for 12 days, they dropped me off in Orepuki. Mom and Dad arrived on the 4th of January in Christchurch. After a few days in Chch we have driven through the Arthurs Pass and along down the westcoast of the south island. Unfortunately the weather was a big mess almost every day. I really hoping for them they'll see the sun more often on the north island.

It's have been only 12 days but we've seen more together than some children with their parents in their whole life. Glaciers, waterfalls and incredible mountains. Thank you for taking the time, stop working, come all the way to New Zealand and discover the world together with me! I love you!

 

My highlight in this time was definitely my skydive in Wanaka. I really enjoyed every second of it and wasn't nervous at all, just super excited.

Now I'm living with the Menpes family in Orepuki for at leat three weeks. They own a huge sheep farm, having two gorgeous kids and doing horse treks with guests. It's pretty nice to settle down for a little while, having a bedroom for myself, a real bed (not just a mattress in the car ;)) and delicious meals. I feel very welcome here in the middle of nowhere :)

Doggie Su

Beach ride with Amir

Farm ride

Cheers
Moewiii