See Yellow-Eyed Penguins, Seals, Sea Lions and the Royal Albatross at Otago Peninsula, New Zealand

Otago Peninsula Hiking

Strolling through the hilly coastline of New Zealand feels like walking in heaven, at least to me. The grass is green, the sky is azure blue and cute little sheeps decorate the view. Fluffy clouds just pass by. You can hear the sound of the waves splashing against the cliffs. The sun is warming your face and a nice breeze flows around your body. The sweetest smell of nature surrounds you.

This was my first impression of New Zealand but now back to the serious stuff. Where to stay , where are the best hiking routes and where to spot the best wild life. The Otago Peninsula is the home of some very rare species like the Yellow-Eyed Penguin,  Fur-Seals, Sea Lions and the Royal Albatross.

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Zero Waste Hair Care – My No Poo Method Results Q&A

No Poo Method Result 4 month

First of all thank you all so much for your positive feedback about my no poo method post. I am very happy that so many people are interested in the no poo method and that I could help inspire even more people to try it. The interest from our Chinese readers was so big that 2 volunteers helped us to translate the post into Chinese and spread it on WeChat. We got so many comments and questions that we thought it might be helpful to summarise the most asked questions about the no poo routine in a separate post. Here you go

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Zero Waste Travel Tips for Japan

Zero Waste Tips Japan

Japan’s cities are very clean and Japan is often cited as world leading in recycling. However, it is no co-incidence that Japan is good at recycling. Japanese people produce tonnes of plastic trash every single day. Actually it is even worse than in China. Everything you buy is wrapped in several layers of plastic so they have to be super efficient in recycling if they want to keep their cities clean. After traveling in Japan for 3 weeks we want to share our zero waste travel tips for Japan with you to be a good example and fight the plastic waste.

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Best Vegan Food in Osaka, Japan

Vegan Cheesecake Green Earth

We spent 3 days in Osaka and never had problem finding some delicious vegan food. Osaka might not be a Mecca for vegans, but for the short time you will probably stay there you can find some really good vegan food in the city center. Like all vegan places in Japan, the opening hours are irregular so before you go somewhere make sure the places are really open on that day. Business days for restaurants in Japan seem almost random, some are closed on Monday and Tuesday, some on Wednesday and Thursday and some on Sundays. Therefore we also noted the opening hours of every restaurant below. Here is the list of the best vegan food in Osaka.

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Nara in One Day Best Temples & Vegan Food

Nara Best Temples Sunset

Nara, the first capital of Japan, is a one of the highlights of almost every Japan Itinerary. We really loved to stroll around the Nara Park and explore all the impressive temples. Below you can find a short summary about where to stay, our highlights and vegan food options. If you scroll down you can find a Google map with all important places marked. You can import this map to your own Google Maps and find all the places easily during your trip.

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My No Poo Method Results

No Poo Method Results

Have you ever heard about people who don’t really wash their hair? Until I started researching about what to pack for our world trip I also had no idea. I came across some world travellers who didn’t bring shampoo to save weight, they basically used baking soda for everything. This is how I came across the No Poo Method.

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