Auckland – almost 600 km

November 8, 2022
by Jens Hevike
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We had a beautiful summer day to get a few miles on the beach behind us. The weather was glorious and the feet did well. Somehow the slim 15 kilometers along the beach dragged on. The tide was at its maximum towards the end.

Muddy crossing

October 31, 2022
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Mud and water from below as well as from above awaited us on this stage. Unexpected hardships lay ahead of us, which we now consider mastered

Ahipara – Paihia

October 24, 2022
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My injured right foot has not allowed me to continue hiking. Therefore a Zero day was called for me. All the others in my group wanted to take one anyway, so I promptly decided to hitchhike to Kaitaia as well and spend the day there eating, reading and shopping for food.

90 Mile Beach

October 18, 2022
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Nine hundred miles seems to be an exaggeration due to a measurement error. As I understand it, horses, or rather the endurance of them, were used in the past to measure distances. An average horse probably made it to 30 miles per day. The one used to measure this beach in the north of New Zealand did more like 30 km a day.

Fiji Time

October 10, 2022
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After my 30-hour journey I had to acclimatize. I had tried to sleep as little as possible on the flights, if then only at times at which it is night in Fiji anyway. So far this worked quite well. I could sleep wonderfully at night and during the day I was not too tired.

About homesickness and return

September 7, 2022
by Jens Hevike
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Tomas Espedal describes at the end of his book “Leaving, or the Art of Living a Wild and Poetic Life” how nice it is to answer the call of homesickness and come home again. I have always felt homesick towards the end of my travels – in the last week

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Bilbao

August 18, 2022
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Bilbao is situated on a river that has cut its way through the rock. The city itself is very mountainous. What strikes you right away is that disabled access is very important here. The city itself has a lot of stairs. It reminds me a little of Lisbon. Here, there

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World travel plans

August 16, 2022
by Jens Hevike
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The days in wage and bread are for me as good as counted and inversely proportional increases for me the anticipation of complete independence. It’s interesting how many people I tell about my travel plans react with some envy and awe and how few could actually imagine taking this step

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Porto – Destination

June 2, 2022
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Distance day: 40 km Total distance: 150 km This morning I woke up to storming rain. Test passed! The tent holds tight. The rain off the clouds made for a sunny day throughout. I barely kept up with the water on top, which leaked all over my body The complete

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