In 2025, Alex and I travelled to Singapore, New Zealand, Australia and Vietnam, as part of our decade-ly pilgrimage into the wilderness! This time we walked 750km of the South Island section of the Te Araroa trail in New Zealand over 2 months, before switching to "normal" tourist mode. It was an incredible adventure, but boy was it hard! The ups and the downs (mental and physical), the intense sun and weight of our packs certainly took their toll.
After the trail, we finished touring NZ for a couple of weeks, then headed to Australia for some more fun.
Some lesser-known highlights include: Sandfly Cafe (Te Anau), Abel Tasman National Park, Blue Derby MTB park and Tasmania in general.
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