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THE WORLD BY THUMB
100% hitchhiking - 100% world tour - Since 2013 - By Florence Renault
NEW ZEALAND: SOUTH ISLAND
May to November 2016
After hitchhiking a containership across the Pacific Ocean , I arrived on the North Island of New Zealand. By hitchhiking an Intersilander, I reached the South Island quickly. I hiked on dozens of tracks, slept a trails sleeping in huts or in my tent and wrote in French for Expedia my selection of the 5 most beautiful hikes. I visited 5 stunning beaches and visited the must-see places for the fans of the Lord of the Rings movie . While filming promotional videos for Kiwirail, I crossed the South Island by train (round trip) and cruised in the Doubtful Sound fjords for Real Journeys . Then I worked three months on a dairy farm, isolated between the mountains. In November, my hitchhiking world tour continued in the North Island, where I looked for a sailboat for Australia . Thanks to a tourist visa and a working holliday visa (WHV), I spent a total of eight months in New Zealand.
Photographies Of The South Island Of New Zealand
 Arrowtown |  Tarras |  Queenstown |  Queenstown |  Doubtful SoundEn echange de photos et de videos, la compagnie Real Journeys m'offre une croisiere dans les fjords du Doubtful Sound. In exchange of pictures and videos, the travel agency Real Journeys offers me a cruise ticket in the Doubtful Sound. |
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 Doubtful Sound |  Doubtful Sound |  Boites aux lettresLetter boxes |  Caples track |  ChampignonMushroom |
 Glenorchy |  Auto-stop, Kinloch30 kilometres separent le sentier de Routeburn et celui de Caples. Je fais du stop avec deux autres randonneurs sur vingt kilometres. Aucune voiture ne passe alors nous marchons les dix kilometres Hitchhiking, Kinloch There are 30 kilometers between the Routeburn and the Caples tracks. I hitch-hike with two other hikers for the first 20 kilometers. We walk the last 10 kilometers. |  Marcos |  Routeburn track |  Routeburn track |
 Routeburn track |  The fabulous trees of NZLes fabuleux arbres de Nouvelle-Zelande |  Milford Sound |  Kepler track |  Kepler track |
 Kepler track |  Kepler track |  Kepler track |  Kepler track |  Te Anau |
 Biches en paturesDears in padocks |  Slope PointL'endroit le plus au Sud de la Nouvelle-Zelande The Southernmost Point of NZ |  Des moutons et un arc-en-cielUn bon cliche de la Nouvelle-Zelande Sheeps and rainbow ...a good cliche of NZ |  Algues |  Le jardin le plus kitchThe kitchest garden |
 Catlins Coast |  Conduire a gauche... ou quand le conducteur a ete remplace par un bebe Driving on the left side ... of when the driver has been replaced by a baby |  Phare, CatlinsLightouse, Catlins |  Pinguoins, Moeraki |  Baldwin street, DunedinLa rue la plus pentue du monde The World's steepest street |
 Florent |  Pingouins et lapinPinguoins and rabbit |  PhoquesSeals |  Moeraki |  Lamas, Moeraki |
 Moeraki |  Jardin botanique, ChristchurchBotanic Garden, Christchurch |  Ancienne gare, OamaruFormer train station, Oamaru |  Pingouins, ChristchurchPinguins, Christchurch |  Cathedrale, ChristchurchLa ville a ete detruite par un enorme tremblement de terre en 2011. Catedral, Christchurch The city has been destroyed by a huge earthquake in 2011 |
 Ouvriers, ChristchurchCinq ans apres le tremblement de terre, la ville est un enorme chantier Workers, Christchurch Five years after the earthquake, the city is a huge construction site. |  Coucher de soleil, ChristchurchSunset, Christchurch |  Sieste au bord de la route, KaikouraTaking a nap on the side of the road, Kaikoura |  Street art, ChristchurchJ'ai toujours su que tu reviendrais... |  Gorges de Matakitaki, Muchison |
 Mon poele au boisDans l'ile du Sud, la plupart des maisons sont chauffees au bois. My wood stove In the South Island, most of the houses have wood heating |  Yoce |  Ma ferme, Vallee de MatakitakiMy farm, Matakitaki Valley |  Ma maison et la fermeMy house and the farm |  800 veaux800 calves |
 Virginie, Nelson Lakes |  Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud |  Lake Rotoiti, St Arnaud |  Conny et Joachim, Havelock |  Virgile, Maruia |
 Sam |  Cape Farewell |  Wharariki Beach |  Attente et auto-stopCet endroit semble etre un trou noir pour les auto-stoppeurs... Ceux qui ont attendu ont liasses des messages sur les pierres. Hitchhiking and waiting Few hitchhikers wrote messages on stones while waiting at this intersection. |  GrotteCave |
 Heaphy track |  Heaphy track |  Heaphy track |  Heaphy track |  Heaphy track |
 Jacky |  Abel Tasman track |  Pancakes rocks, Punakaiki |  Abel Tasman Park |  Kiwis |
 Auberge de jeunesse, GreymouthEchange travail contre logement pendant deux semaines dans cette auberge de jeunesse. Two weeks of a work exchange in this backpacker |  Vieux balcons, GreymouthOld balcony, Greymouth |  Port, GreymouthGreymouth est une ancienne ville de mines de charbon. Son port a ete abandonne. Harbour, Greymouth Greynouth is a former colt mines city. Its harbour has been deserted. |  Train tranzalpinEngagee par Kiwirail pour realiser une video promotionnelle du train transalpin, je fais une partie du trajet avec la conductrice Tranzalpine train As I worked for Kiwirail to produce a promotional video of the Tranzalpine train, I travelled part of the trip with the driver. |  Rails du train transalpinTranzalpine train rails |
 Hokitika |  Greymouth |  Plage, Hokitika |  Whataroa |  Pont suspendu |
 Fox glacier |  Alpha Peak, Wanaka |  Mt Bruster |  Royce Peak, Wanaka |  Mt Bruster |
 Mt CookLe mont Cook estr la plus grande montagne de Nouvelle-Zelande (3724m) Mt Cook is the highest mountain of NZ (3724m) |  Lake Tekapo |  Hanmer Springs |  L'observatoire, Lake TekapoThe Observatory, Lake Tekapo |  Danser avec le feuDancing with fire |
Promotional Video For KIWIRAIL: Crossing The South Island By Train
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Promotional Video For REAL JOURNEYS: Cruise In The Doubtful Sound
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