Not much new but pictures

We wish...


Rainy day...



Ngarunui Beach, Raglan...

New Pictures

Jürgen's sailing trip with Andrew...

The kids at Nina's place...


Ngarunui Beach, Raglan...



Low tide at Manu Bay, Raglan... (when the surf is up, we surf above these rocks...)


Looking back...


At "Bridal Veil Falls"...





Marlon taking a bath in our tropical garden...


Isolated road to Ruapuke...


Ruapuke Beach (black sand)...



Small, but fun surf (Maren)...



After being in a rain storm...

Found Paradise

We finally found our little paradise in Raglan, a small surfer town on the west coast of the north island of New Zealand. Here we can kitesurf and surf as much as we like. The longest lefthand wave on the planet breaks here, if the conditions are right. The little bach we are renting is located in native bush, a ten minute walk from the beach/surfspot. We are surrounded by bush with the typical huge New Zealand ferns and the cicadas singing all day long. Nowhere else in the world have I heard this sound so intense and loud. Nina and the kids live 45 min. away and Sven is in Auckland, 2 ½ hours away. It’s a great little spot and we decided that it can’t get any better, so we will stay here for almost all the rest of our stay in New Zealand, until the 6th of March. Pictures will follow...

Pictures, pictures, pictures

Addo Elephant Park, South Africa...






Groot Constantia wine estate, Cape Town, South Africa...




Christmas in Bresahn, Germany...


My sister Heike, Marlon and I...


Maren's family...





Christmas in Kiel (at Jürgen's parents place)...





Visiting Vibi, her son Jonah and the new born baby... (Hamburg)


Visiting Anna, Mathieu and Pax... (also Hamburg)



Marlon, feeding the ducks with Grandpa... (Kiel)


Marlon and his cousin Oskar, getting ready for the new years eve party...


Marlon, Jürgen and Oskar...


Visiting Markus and Sonja... (Hamburg)


Totally exhausted in Singapore after a long journey...


The view from Claus' balcony in Singapore...


We were thrown out of this pool, because we were wearing too much... can you believe it?


In a Hindu temple in China Town, Singapore (Claus, Marlon and Jürgen)


Walking around near China Town, Singapore...







Our "spaceship", great for two people, a little bit too small for the two of us and Marlon... (at least for longer than a week! :-((( )



With Sven's family in Russell...



Camping in Kerikeri...


Taputaputa (the northern most camp ground in New Zealand)











Nap in the shade...


Cape Reinga, the northern most point of New Zealand...


The Beach you can drive your car on for 90 kilometers...


Marlon loves the "spaceship"... (camping in Uretiti)





looks a little bit like the north or baltic sea, doesn't it...


Auckland...




Jürgen and Marlon with Sven, our good friend from Hamburg, who moved to NZ...


At Nina and Andrew's place in Hamilton, Marlon is enjoying good company: Alea


Alea


Luca


Marlon