Auszeit: Bye, bye Raglan, New Zealand, hello Sydney, Australia

With Sveni in Raglan...

Marlon just loves his shells...

With Michelle (landlord Raglan)...

With Stephen (landlord Raglan)...

In Hamilton...

Marlon and Alea...

Last day in New Zealand at Sveni's new place in Auckland...

Australia...

Saying farewell in New Zealand wasn't easy, since we left dear friends behind and so much loved Raglan. But the journey goes on and we've been in Australia for over a week now, already. But time always flies, espescially if you have to get organized in a new place. We were warmly welcomed, though, by a friend, whom I had met in Australia 6 years, ago. Inspired by my talks about traveling he had quit his job a week after meeting me and had gone traveling Europe for about 3 years, including a one week stop in Hamburg at my place. Now he lives here in Manly, Sydney and owns a backpacker, and we are visiting him. We've had some good times together so far, eating, drinking, sailing and so on. Two days ago, we went to Gosford (about 90 min. drive up north) and sailed back to Manly with his yacht. It was great! Marlon's first time on a sailing boat. It took a few hours, since there wasn't much wind. We sailed into the dark and saw Sydney's skyline glowing in the distance. It was a beautiful day. Tomorrow we want to sail in the big Sydney Harbour and then back to Gosford, if the weather allows it. The forecast actually isn't too good, so we'll see.

Harbour Bridge Sydney...