New Zealand is incredible. From Hobbiton to the Southern Alps, here’s everywhere I stopped, what I loved and a few tips if you’re planning your own trip. 📍North Island highlights: • Auckland (food, museums) • Hobbiton (very touristy, very worth it) • Rotorua (mud pools, Maori culture, hot springs) • Huka Falls + Lake Taupō…
Queenstown, a town on New Zealand’s South Island, has more visitors than residents most days of the year. Why? It’s in a remote alpine region with no major industry except tourism and since it’s surrounded by mountains, building here is tricky (and really expensive), so the population stays small. But people love coming here (especially…
If you’re looking for life changing and (slightly) life risking hikes, then hiking to Kjeragbolten and Preikestolen are for you. Both located in Southern Norway, the closest major city to these hiking locations is Stavanger, Norway. To get there from Oslo, you could drive (7.5 hours), take a train (9 hours) or fly (45 mins)….
I am probably the laziest person I’ve ever met. I need constant daily motivation to avoid becoming a complete bum. The 5 tips below help me motivate myself to get stuff (eventually) done. 1) Break big steps down Having goals is nice and all but if you’re like me, your brain shuts down if the…
When I have a flight, I always opt for a window seat because I love taking pictures during the trip (I have a plethora of cloud photos). On one of my recent flights I had an epiphany. I was looking out the window during landing and it suddenly hit me how small everything and everyone…
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.” I get the question “how do you travel so much?” so often that I decided to share my secrets with the world. You’re welcome fellow humans. If you’re rolling your eyes, you should know that I’m a Leo so I…
Some of the reactions I got when I first really got into climbing are “Why would you do that”, “Isn’t that dangerous” or “How is that even fun”. Every time I would get one of these reactions from someone, I would invite them to come climb with me. One trip to the climbing gym would…
Thinking of going to Iceland? Do it I absolutely recommend it. I mean, I recommend any trip but especially this place. Traveling to Iceland was something that I’ve always wanted to do and I finally decided to do it this year. Now I can safely say that it was one of the best decisions I…
An experience is worth a thousand books. That was the thought on my mind when I was on my way back home from this trip. The feeling I had was amazing, incredible, phenomenal; it was my best experience in a long time. It all started a month before when I had started looking into where…
Not sure where to go this spring? Consider Spain! España is an absolutely gorgeous country full of culture, history, nature, delicious food and beautiful people. It’s a place where east meets west, where Europe meets Africa and the result is a unique destination. And best of all, it’s not as expensive as other European destinations…