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Post 17: The South Island - Part 3

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One-week Roadtrip with Romi > Our route: From Cromwell to Te Anau We had a week until our new job started in Te Anau. We had already arranged job and accomodation in advance (thank you Romi✨) so we could travel without any stress.  Our first stop was Queenstown even though we went there for so many times. I think it's my favourite city in NZ. We took the Skyline up to a mountain and did a little hike :) The weather was great that day. We also purchased a cheap tent at Kmart (like Tedi) for $19 (=9€), because we wanted to stay at campsites to save some money.  After having lunch at Ferg Burger - yes we queued for about 30min - we drove to Glenorchy, a small town at the lake. It's about an hour from Queenstown through curvy roads, but it's completely worth it. It won't be the first time visiting Glenorchy.  > One of my best pics in NZ The campsite that we actually wanted to stay had no ...
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Post 16: The South Island - Part 2

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Working in a Cherry Packhouse in Central Otago 🍒  ----- The reason why I drove all the way down to Queenstown was the cherry season. There are plenty of cherry picking or packing jobs in this area, especially Cromwell and Alexandra. Romi (the Chilean girl I met in Opotiki) and I could luckily find a cherry packing job in Cromwell! For the first week, we stayed at a room shared with an Indian couple. We paid $160 a week each. > We tried to make cinnamon rolls, but the oven was stronger than expected. Some were really good tho. It was not bad, we had our own room and bathroom. But as we got to know that there is a couple of bunk beds available at the accommodation of the orchard, we decided to move out. It was located just next to the packhouse and the rent was extremely cheap - $50 (25€) a week!! Another advantage was that we could wake up 10min before work and be still on time. ⌚ Working hours We usually started at 7am, sometimes later sometimes earlier ...
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Post 15: The South island - Part 1

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Hello my dear reader, I apologise for the long long break 🙇🏻‍♀️🙏🏻 My last post was about the trip from Opotiki to Christchurch, the capital of the south island. Time has passed and now I'm in the north again as it's getting too cold down there 🍂🍁🏔️ The following posts are going to be about my roadtrips and jobs on the south island. I've stayed there from December to April (5 months), so there is a bunch of things to share with you! ----- Christchurch I stayed there for a week by myself. My only mission was to purchase a small, reliable car I could sleep in - that's how I met Pikachu ⚡ 📍This was in Akaroa with Anna and Antonia, one hour drive from Christchurch.  As it's a big city, I also met a lot of new people y especially Japanese! For example there was one guy I got in really well straight away as he lived in Berlin for a few years.  I also met a japanese aeroplane engineer and a pilot! There was also a blogger who writ...
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