Pierats

Adventure 1
Pierats of the Caribbean 2010

And the game is on!
Now we're finally finished with the layout, and the very first blog entry will be dedicated to tell you about the concept of Pierats.

We are an adventurous couple, always looking for fun and the next kick. The 20. of january 2010 we're going on a two months- trip, to all these exciting countries:
Miami, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. We're SO stoked!

One lovely day when we were hiking at Ljøsheim with our superdog Oluf, we started playing with words, as we always do. I said I always wanted to write a book about expeditions, extreme sports and fun fun fun, and that it would have been a blast to have a theme for our upcoming trip.
We agreed that we should at least have a blog, and started trying out different theme names. Travel bugs, global travellers, and so on. But nothing really catched our "YES"- factor.

Until Ronny suddenly said: "What about us being the Pierats of the caribbean?! Instead of being real pirates (but we are, though..arrr!), we're PIErats, and we have to try out different pies from every city we travel to!"
YES! This was it! And I went on: "Oh-oh-oh, and of course it must be extreme pie-eating: eating pie while doing sick stuff, like sky diving, bungee jumping, kayaking and such!"
And then our imagination exploded again, like it always does:
"And of course, the book wil be a mix of stories from our travels, tips on where to find lokal adventures, pictures of extreme pie-eating and pie recipies (reciPIES...pun oh so intended!!)!"
"And we need stickers with a super-cool logo to put on every pie-place we try out!"
"Oh-oh-oh, yeah! We can open a store to support our travelling!"
"We need a facebook-group!"
"And a Twitter-account!"

...As you can tell, we both got SO worked up, and here we are, starting with our first blog entry.
We want everyone to join us and be Pierats too!

A Pierat is forever young, seeking adventures behind every stone! Never grow old and always have time to play!

Adventure 2

Hooked on Kiwi 2012

What's with the topic, you say?
Well, like I said earlier, we already started making plans for a new adventure while we were on the Pierats of the Caribbean-trip. We had two main destinations we wanted to check out, and while we had a lovely walk with Oluf the other day, we decided in about two minutes where to go:

During january-february 2012, we will travel through New Zealand!

The decision was mainly made on behalf of our friend Sean DeLacy. He is a sheep shearer with a big farm in NZ, and half the year he is shearing here in Norway. He has asked us to come visiting him many times, and now it is time to explore this amazzzzzing country!

We will have our base on Sean's farm, and take it from there. His farm is located in Owhango, a fresh little town between Taupo National Park and Taumarunui. And here my friends, is where these scenes from Lord of the Rings was taken: Hobbiton and The Shire, Mount Doom, Mordor and Emyn Muil! You can actually recreate the climb up Mt. Doom from Return of the King, and see some left Hobbit holes in the Waikato region. Left? Did I say left? Of course, Frodo will be there! (^_^) Happy, much? YES INDEED!

The farm is also 15 km from the three volcanos, and 2hrs away is the best surfing on the west coast! We can hardly wait to get a second try on the surf-fun we had a taste of in Nicaragua! We will also help Sean with different tasks on his farm (remember our NZ-style shearing from last autumn?), like cutting the horns of all his red deer! Gah! Not an everyday doing, that's for sure!

And zorbing! We have to try the oh-so-amazingly-funny-looking zorbing!

While Pierats of the Caribbean was based on scuba diving, Hooked on Kiwi will circle around fishing. Trout fishing is supposed to be simply breathtaking down there, and the absolutely stunning nature will suit Ronny and me perfectly. We love just walking around and beautiful landscapes, and fishing itself is one of our fav' activities! And hey, Lake Taupo is concidered one of the world's premier fishing destinations!
A new travel-account is already put in action, and we are saving money like real Ebenezer Scrooges'! Wanna know how we save money? I'll post a blog about it later!

We will of course be documenting the whole adventure like last time, and hope you guys will follow us!

These NZ-pics are borrowed from GettyImages: