Author Archives: zillainthewild

On the first nightly pee break, I saw that the sky was clear and the stars were twinkling. I love night hiking on the beach. You don’t get lost, you don’t trip and you can take many breaks. So I set my alarm at 4 and started packing. It was a tiny bit difficult becauseContinue reading “Day 3”

So I visited Tika in Timaru and together we visited Mette in Christchurch for the weekend Both friends from uni. It was a lovely weekend but only one story is worth telling. At least Tika thought so. This is on her request. On Saturday evening Tika, Mette, and I went into Christchurch for a biteContinue reading “‘Party night’ in Christchurch”

An uncomfortable night with a sore body, wind flapping the tent, and rain. In the middle of the night, I moved my tent so it was more sheltered. Which helped a lot. Not all pegs went in smoothly but in the end, it was fine. For the rain it wasn’t. Before The Philippines, my tentContinue reading “Day 2”

So Bali is of course not part of Vietnam however as it was only a seven day stay, I might as well post it here. So on Sunday Juli and I returned to Ho Chi Minh from Hanoi and early on Monday I would fly to my sister in Bali. This was not part ofContinue reading “Bali”

First of all, thanks to everyone who gave me a hitch! It took 14 hitches and two days to get from Waikenea to Cape Reinga. Not bad! At the cape, constructions were well underway, however, the official trail is still closed. Just like all other hikes starting from the Cape. It looked fine, but theContinue reading “Day 1:”

On Friday night I saw Julie again. This would be our last weekend together as Julie would go visit the Netherlands next week. I already knew this beforehand and looking back, it might have been better to fly a week earlier to New Zealand. Out of the heat. But I didn’t and with the newContinue reading “Hanoi”

So after the horrible weekend. I stayed till Wednesday morning in Ho Chi Minh. Went to the ENT doctor and got more antibiotics for the price of €360. Thank god for health insurance! Still got ear pain and by Wednesday I had fluid dripping out of my left ear. Nonetheless, the doctor cleared me forContinue reading “Nimh Bình”

After a few more days in Ho Chi Minh with Jouke and Julie, I went to Da Lat for 3 days and would meet them again for the weekend to do a hike together. I booked the bus to Da Lat for midnight so I would arrive at 6 a.m. and have some sort ofContinue reading “Da Lat”

I arrived on Friday evening in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam where Julie and Jouke were waiting outside to pick me up. I haven’t seen Julie in 8 months and Jouke even more. But as it was late and we had to get up early for our booked Mekong Delta tour. So we decided to catchContinue reading “Mekong Delta”

Together with two friends of Flor: Liana and Dwight. We booked a 3-day tour to climb Mt Apo. We had to carry our own gear, but the food would be carried by a porter. The original itinerary was: Day 1: climb to basecamp Day 2: climb to the top and back to basecamp Day 3:Continue reading “Mt. apo”