We sailed into the Maskelyne Islands expecting to stay just a few days — but the days slipped quietly into weeks. What we found here touched us deeply: connection, kindness, and a way of life that is both effortful and full of purpose. From walking with the Chief through the forest gardens, to repairing boats on Independence Day, to being welcomed without expectation into a community rooted in tradition — this is a story that goes beyond sailing. It’s about what it means to live well, to share happiness, and to carry perspective forward. This video is told slowly, with time, because some places can’t be rushed. We hope it makes you feel something — because for us, it’s an experience we’ll carry for a very long time. ✨ Chapters: 0:00 A Story of Connection 0:40 An Island in the Maskelynes 2:13 Where Friendliness is a Way of Life 6:52 Sustained by the Land 10:48 Independence Day 14:55 Small Comforts, Big Difference 15:13 What We Will Take With Us 🔔 Subscribe for more stories from our sailing journey. 🌊 Support our journey and get exclusive stories. #Sailing #Vanuatu #TravelWithPurpose #MaskelyneIslands We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki Forbes, a New Zealand couple sailing the South Pacific aboard our yacht Te Tāiko and exploring Aotearoa by motorhome. Ours is a life shaped by curiosity, connection, and a desire to live simply while still holding onto the professional work we love. Between remote anchorages and winding backroads, we share honest stories of what it’s really like to live, travel, and work from the road and sea. We’re not chasing perfect—we’re chasing real moments, unexpected encounters, and a slower way of being. Follow our journey: @adamandvickistravels on YouTube and Instagram. If you’d like to join our journey, please support our channel by clicking the subscribe button and leaving us a comment. A big thank you to you for watching and a massive thank you to our Patreons for your support and helping make this possible. We aim to release a new video every Sunday. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

Join us as we sail through the central islands of Vanuatu, from the volcanic peaks of Nguna Island to the quiet anchorage at Awei in the Maskelyne Islands — with a memorable stop at Epi Island along the way. This episode is packed with the kind of moments that remind us why we chose this life: ⛵ A dugong sighting in the shallows at Epi 🔥 A surprise safety drill with lifejackets and flares 🌴 Warm welcomes from locals and gifts of fruit 🌬️ A powerful southerly system that made anchoring a challenge This is remote sailing in the South Pacific — raw, beautiful, and deeply rewarding. 🗺️ Sailing Route: Nguna Island ➤ Epi Island ➤ Awei Island (Maskelynes) 📍 Country: Vanuatu 🎥 Subscribe to follow our sailing life through Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and beyond. #sailingvanuatu #southpacificsailing #epiisland #maskelyneislands #travelvanuatu #adventuretravel #sailingcouple #remotesailing #vanualife #slowtravel #dugong #offgridlife We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki Forbes, a New Zealand couple sailing the South Pacific aboard our yacht Te Tāiko and exploring Aotearoa by motorhome. Ours is a life shaped by curiosity, connection, and a desire to live simply while still holding onto the professional work we love. Between remote anchorages and winding backroads, we share honest stories of what it’s really like to live, travel, and work from the road and sea. We’re not chasing perfect—we’re chasing real moments, unexpected encounters, and a slower way of being. Follow our journey: @adamandvickistravels on YouTube and Instagram. If you’d like to join our journey, please support our channel by clicking the subscribe button and leaving us a comment. A big thank you to you for watching and a massive thank you to our Patreons for your support and helping make this possible. We aim to release a new video every Sunday. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’re starting our sail to the remote north of Vanuatu — leaving behind the bustle of Port Vila and heading toward quieter waters, coral anchorages, and a different pace of life. On our way to Nguna Island, we pass the wreck of Blue Gold — a 50-metre superyacht that now rests just offshore, a striking sight as we begin our northern journey. Nguna’s anchorage is surrounded by coral, so we take our time — carefully finding a patch of sand, diving on the chain, and making sure we’re anchored securely without harming the reef. In this episode: ⚓ Starting our journey to Vanuatu’s remote north 🛥️ Passing the grounded wreck of Blue Gold 🌊 Searching for a safe spot to anchor among coral 🐠 Diving to check the chain in 15 metres of clear water This is the kind of travel we live for — thoughtful, slow, and full of quiet moments that stay with you. We’re so glad you’re here. 📺 Subscribe for more remote sailing and island life 🧭 Join us on Patreon for behind-the-scenes updates: patreon.com/adamandvickistravels 📖 Discover A Sailor’s World short stories on Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels #SailingVanuatu #RemoteNorth #PortVilaToNguna #OffGridAdventure #BlueGoldWreck #NgunaIsland #SailingLife #RemoteAnchorages #SouthPacificTravel #SailingVlog We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki Forbes, a New Zealand couple sailing the South Pacific aboard our yacht Te Tāiko and exploring Aotearoa by motorhome. Ours is a life shaped by curiosity, connection, and a desire to live simply while still holding onto the professional work we love. Between remote anchorages and winding backroads, we share honest stories of what it’s really like to live, travel, and work from the road and sea. We’re not chasing perfect—we’re chasing real moments, unexpected encounters, and a slower way of being. Follow our journey: @adamandvickistravels on YouTube and Instagram. If you’d like to join our journey, please support our channel by clicking the subscribe button and leaving us a comment. A big thank you to you for watching and a massive thank you to our Patreons for your support and helping make this possible. We aim to release a new video every Sunday. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

After nine months exploring New Caledonia, we set sail once again — this time across open ocean to Vanuatu. This video shares the experience of what it’s like to be back at sea after so long behind the reef. From the calm of the lagoon to the motion of the open Pacific, we reflect on the emotions, nerves, and moments of quiet beauty that come with ocean sailing. The long hours, the unpredictability of the sea, the salt crusted over everything, and the simple act of watching waves roll by — this is life at sea in its most honest form. Whether you’re a fellow sailor or someone who’s never set foot on a boat, this episode is a window into what it truly feels like to live by wind and water. We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki Forbes, a New Zealand couple sailing the South Pacific aboard our yacht Te Tāiko and exploring Aotearoa by motorhome. Ours is a life shaped by curiosity, connection, and a desire to live simply while still holding onto the professional work we love. Between remote anchorages and winding backroads, we share honest stories of what it’s really like to live, travel, and work from the road and sea. We’re not chasing perfect—we’re chasing real moments, unexpected encounters, and a slower way of being. Follow our journey: @adamandvickistravels on YouTube and Instagram. If you’d like to join our journey, please support our channel by clicking the subscribe button and leaving us a comment. A big thank you to you for watching and a massive thank you to our Patreons for your support and helping make this possible. We aim to release a new video every Sunday. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

Join us for Episode 2 of our Cape to Cape series as we hit the road through one of New Zealand’s most remote and fascinating regions—Whangamomona and the Forgotten World Highway! In this video, we explore the quirky and independent spirit of Whangamomona, a historic frontier town nestled in the backcountry of Taranaki, New Zealand. We travel along the legendary Forgotten World Highway, uncovering its rugged charm, rich history, and the ongoing debate around its future. From the eerie beauty of the Moki Tunnel to the poignant story at Morgan’s Grave, this road trip is packed with adventure, meaning, and New Zealand’s raw, off-grid beauty. Whether you’re travelling by motorhome, van, or simply love exploring New Zealand’s back roads, this episode is for you. Expect winding roads, local legends, and a taste of what it’s like to truly get off the beaten track. 🧭 What you’ll see in this episode: • The quirky charm of Whangamomona • Forgotten World Highway history and tension • Driving through Moki Tunnel (Hobbit’s Hole) • Visiting Morgan’s Grave and reflecting on early settler life • Unique campground vibes only found in Whangamomona 🔔 Subscribe to follow our full Cape to Cape journey by land and sea as we travel New Zealand and the South Pacific. #nzroadtrip #forgottenworldhighway #whangamomona #motorhomelife #offgridtravel #newzealandtravel #vanlifeNZ #cape2cape #travelbylandandsea #adventuretravel We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

Join us as we sail into one of the wildest and most beautiful corners of New Caledonia—Anse Majic and the dramatic Cap N’Dua lighthouse. This adventure includes everything we love about life at sea: close encounters with dolphins, remote anchorages, and jaw-dropping scenery. After sheltering from a powerful electrical storm up the Prony River, we set off to explore the southern tip of Grande Terre. The landscape here is raw and unfiltered—contrasting red soil, lush green forest, and turquoise waters. Hiking up to the Cap N’Dua lighthouse gave us panoramic views and a chance to reflect as our time in New Caledonia draws to a close. To top it off, we were joined by a pod of dolphins riding Te Tāiko’s bow wave—the most we’ve ever seen in one place! 🌏 Whether you’re into sailing, van life, slow travel, or exploring remote places, we invite you to come along. 🎥 Don’t forget to subscribe, give it a thumbs up, and leave a comment—we’d love to hear from you! 💙 A huge thanks to our Patreon crew for helping us keep these adventures going. #sailingadventure #newcaledonia #offgridliving #travelcouple #remotetravel #sailboatlife #dolphins #capndua #oceanlife #adventuretravel We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We set sail from Nouméa with plans to head for the Loyalty Islands — but like most of our South Pacific cruising, our plans changed. In this episode, we navigate a new course along the east coast of New Caledonia, uncovering remote beauty and unexpected challenges. Along the way, we crossed the infamous Havannah Pass — one of the main passages through New Caledonia’s barrier reef, known for its strong tidal currents and tight timing windows — not once, but twice in just two days. Instead of our original route, we discovered: ⚓ The stunning natural anchorage in the Yaté River 🌊 The raw power and precision of the Havannah Pass 🤝 The importance of sticking together and adapting at sea 🌴 A glimpse of New Caledonia few sailors ever see If you’re dreaming of off-grid sailing, exploring the South Pacific, or just love a good twist in the journey — this one’s for you. 🎥 Subscribe for more sailing, travel, and adventure from our life aboard in the Pacific! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. #SailingAdventure #NewCaledonia #SouthPacificSailing #OffGridTravel #YachtLife #CruisingCouple #SailingNewCaledonia #SailingPassage #RemoteAnchorages Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’re living the dream in southern New Caledonia — exploring jungle trails, swimming in natural warm springs, and uncovering the forgotten stories of a remote island. But cruising life always has its twists, and just as everything felt perfect, we discovered a major problem with our house battery bank. In this episode, we explore: 🌿 Casy Island – a 40-hectare nature reserve with wild beauty and the legend of Moose, the lone island dog 💧 Chaude River – a thermal spring tucked into the forest 🏚️ Prony Village – a haunting reminder of New Caledonia’s penal colony past ⚡ And finally, a reality check as we sail to Île des Pins and realize we’ve got an electrical issue to solve. This one’s a blend of tropical adventure, historical intrigue, and a slice of the real life behind full-time cruising. Join us as we sail, explore, and troubleshoot — all in one unforgettable part of the world. 📍 Subscribe for more travel and sailing adventures ❤️ Support our journey on Patreon: [insert link] 🌍 Follow us on Instagram/Facebook: @adamandvickis.travels We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’re finally off! In this episode, we set sail from Port Moselle and head south into the breathtaking southern lagoon of New Caledonia, bound for Casy Island in Prony Bay. What started as a promising upwind sail quickly turned into a game of dodging squalls and shifting winds, forcing us to anchor early for the night. That’s sailing life! 🌧️⛵ Join us as we navigate this challenging but beautiful passage, sharing the highs and lows of real-life sailing adventures. This is part of our mission to explore remote places, travel sustainably, and live a life of freedom and simplicity—together. 🧭 Whether you’re into sailing travel, planning your own cruising adventure, or just love watching people living off the grid, this journey through the pristine waters of Prony Bay is not to be missed. Next up: going ashore at Casy Island, visiting the cascade waterfall by tender, exploring the historic Prony village, and setting our course for Pine Island. Subscribe and sail with us! 🔑 Keywords: sailing New Caledonia, Prony Bay, Casy Island, squalls at sea, sailing couple, liveaboard life, sailing lifestyle, off-grid travel, cruising adventure, southern lagoon, sailing in the Pacific, couple sailing vlog, ocean adventure, travel New Caledonia by boat, sailing through squalls 👍 Don’t forget to like, subscribe, and click the bell icon to follow our journey across the South Pacific! #SailingNewCaledonia #CasyIsland #PronyBay #LiveaboardCouple #SailingLife #AdventureTravel #OffGridLiving #CruisingLifestyle We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’re back on board! After months of road-tripping through New Zealand in our motorhome, we’ve left the bus behind and flown back to Nouméa, New Caledonia, to reunite with our sailboat Te Tāiko. But tropical waters don’t rest—and she’s grown a serious underwater jungle! In this video, we take you through the full haulout process: lifting Te Tāiko out of the water, inspecting the heavy growth on her hull, and getting to work cleaning, prepping, and applying fresh antifoul. It’s messy, physical, and 100% part of the real liveaboard sailing lifestyle. Whether you’re passionate about sailing, dreaming of boat life, or love watching travel stories unfold, this episode dives into what it takes to maintain a cruising sailboat in the South Pacific. ⛵ In this episode: • Returning to Nouméa after our NZ adventure • Seeing our boat for the first time in months • Hauling out at a Nouméa boatyard • Dealing with serious hull growth • Antifouling and prepping Te Taiko for the season • The emotional shift from van life back to boat life We’re so excited to get back to life at sea—thanks for coming along on the journey! We hope you enjoy it! #sailinglife #boatlife #liveaboard #sailboatmaintenance #noumea #newcaledonia #antifouling #sailingadventure #haulout #sailingcouple #travelbylandandsea #vanlifetoboatlife #sailingvlog #offgridlife #teTaiko #backtotheboat As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’ve just released the first episode of our Cape to Cape New Zealand series—starting at the stunning Cape Egmont Lighthouse and winding our way through the epic Forgotten World Highway, ending in the quirky republic of Whangamomona. Expect: ✅Laughs (including a motorhome water leak!) ✅Debates (Adam’s idea of a “picnic spot” is questionable) ✅Scenic gems ✅And a taste of New Zealand’s rugged, remote backroads. Watch now on YouTube and join us as we travel New Zealand by motorhome—Cape to Cape! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. Voiceover information taken from: https://www.heritage.org.nz/list-details/820/Cape%20Egmont%20Lighthouse https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-forgotten-world-highway/ https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-forgotten-world-highway/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

We’ve just wrapped up an unforgettable NZ road trip, and this highlight video is a taste of what’s to come. From the wild west coast at Cape Egmont to the remote beauty of East Cape, this journey took us through some of Aotearoa’s most stunning and offbeat places—including quirky Whangamōmona and rugged Lottin Point. No full video this week as we’re currently making our way back to our sailboat, Te Tāiko, but the full Cape to Cape series is coming soon—packed with road trip moments, challenges, and plenty of laughs. Subscribe and turn on notifications so you don’t miss it! #CapeToCape #NZRoadTrip #MotorhomeAdventure #TravelByLandAndSea #VanLifeNZ #OffGridTravel #ExploreNZ #NewZealandRoadTrip We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

Ever wondered how we really afford a full-time travel lifestyle? In this video, we share a brief glimpse in how we make van life and sailing possible through hard work, smart budgeting, and simple living. We show you a tiny glimpse into our lifestyle outside of what we show you in our usual videos. We talk about how we earn money while traveling in our motorhome through New Zealand, and how we save for our next season aboard our sailboat Taiko. From finding practical work opportunities to keeping our costs low—like cooking at home, parking at friends’ places, and staying off-grid when we can—we show what it truly takes to live this lifestyle. If you'd like to see a more detailed version of how we live day-to-day on the road and aboard Tāiko, please let us know in the comments. We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

In this video, we take our 7-meter motorhome on a somewhat challenging road trip from Picton to Hawke’s Bay, starting with a ferry ride across Cook Strait and then tackling one of New Zealand’s most demanding roads—the Remutaka Hill Road. 🛳️ Ferry Crossing: Taking our motorhome on the ferry to cross the Cook Strait , with stunning views of the Marlborough Sounds. 🛣️ Remutaka Hill Road: A steep, winding, high-risk highway—would our motorhome handle the climb? 🚐 Tight Squeeze! Adam had to carefully maneuver the bus down an extremely narrow driveway—a real test of driving skills! If you love motorhome travel, road trips, van life, off-grid adventures, and real-life travel challenges, this video is for you! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #MotorhomeTravel #RoadTripNZ #NewZealandByMotorhome #VanLifeNZ #CookStrait #TravelNewZealand #RemutakaHill #OffGridTravel #TravelVlog #RVLife

We hiked all the way up Te Mata Peak in New Zealand ... just for a sandwich. What started as a fun adventure quickly turned in a hilarious struggle! Was it worth it? Watch to find out! Follow our journey as we travel, explore, and take on fun challenges around New Zealand! #shorts #hiking #Tematapeak #newzealand #funnymoments #travelvlog #adventure

Join us on our laid-back road trip from Murchison to Picton in our motorhome! In this video, we’re still getting the hang of motorhome life, with short stops along the way to enjoy the beautiful sights of New Zealand’s South Island. We’ll share what it’s like learning to travel freely in our motorhome, from figuring out the best places to park to making the most of each stop. We’re taking it slow, embracing the freedom of the open road, and enjoying the simple joys of life in a motorhome. Whether you’re curious about motorhome travel or just love seeing the world through our eyes, we hope this journey inspires you to live life on your own terms and take a few detours along the way! What we cover in this video: • Our journey from Murchison to Picton • Learning the ins and outs of motorhome travel • Short stops at scenic spots and local highlights • Embracing the freedom of traveling at our own pace • The highs and lows of getting comfortable with motorhome life If you’re new to motorhome travel or just curious about how we’re adapting to life on the road, hit like, comment, and subscribe for more updates from our adventures! #MotorhomeLife #VanLifeJourney #TravelNewZealand #LearningToTravel #Picton #MurchisonToPicton #MotorhomeAdventure #FreedomTravel #NomadicLife #RoadTrip #TravelVlog #LivingOnTheRoad We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

Welcome back to Adam and Vicki's Travels by Land and Sea! If you've been following us, you now we live and travel full-time on our sailboat, exploring incredible destinations. But when we return to New Zealand for work, we still want the freedom to trave—so we bought a motorhome! 🚌 In this video, we're giving you a full tour of our new off-grid motorhome, sharing how we're setting it up for self-sufficient living, and how it complements our nomadic lifestyle between land and sea. In this video: ✔️Full motorhome tour (living, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom storage) ✔️Why we chose van life when we're back in New Zealand ✔️Future upgrades for solar power, water filtration & remote work ✔️Our New Zealand road trip & off-grid travel plans If you love travel, adventure, off-grid living, or van life, this one's for you! Whether you're a full-time traveler, sailor, or dream of your own mobile home, come along as we show how we balance both worlds. Subscribe for more sailing, van life, and off-grid adventure content! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Don't forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to join us on this journey! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels Support us on Ko-fi👉 ko-fi.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #motorhome #motorhometour #vanlife #offgridliving #nomadiclifestyle #travelnewzealand #tinyliving #rvlife #rvlifestyle #adventuretravel #roadtripnz #freedomtoexplore

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenic road trips? We're diving into the nitty-gritty of motorhome maintenance—specifically, mastering the art of emptying and cleaning our black and grey water tanks. It's not glamourous, but it's essential for a smooth journey! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife #vanlifevoyages #vanlife

Leaving Te Tāiko, our floating home, is never easy, but it's part of making our nomadic life work. In this video, we're heading back to New Zealand to balance work and pick up something that will make our travels even more flexible: A motorhome! 🚎 While we're away from Te Taiko for 9 weeks, we're not saying goodbye forever—we're just taking the next step in our journey. This time in New Zealand is essential for work, but it's also a chance to set ourselves up for even more adventures and exploration with our motorhome. Join us as we show how we're making this nomadic lifestyle work—combining work, travel, and a bit of freedom. Don't forget to subscribe, like, and comment to follow our journey as we continue this exciting chapter of our travels! We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife

This was it—the final stop of our sailing lap around the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand. The end of our final New Zealand summer before setting off into the unknown. From the Bay of Islands to Great barrier, Coromandel, Rotoroa, Tiritiri Matangi, and finally Kawau Island—this journey was our way of saying goodbye, not forever, but for now. We've shared parts of our journey, through our series "A Tribute to New Zealand", but never the ending. If you want to watch the ending, head over to Patreon, where we're sharing the final episode and what this farewell truly meant to us. This episode is available to those who join our Patreon as a free or paid member. Join us on Patreon and be part of the journey: patreon.com/adamandvickistravels We hope you enjoy it! Filmed January 2024. We hope you enjoy it! As always, thanks for watching. Sincere thanks to Charlotte Rockstar Jones for composing and recording Te Tāiko's theme song. Please remember to subscribe, like, comment - it helps us out! If commenting, we ask that you be respectful. Any comments made that are intended to be hurtful, disrespectful, antagonistic, and inappropriate to us or our viewers will be deleted and you will be blocked from our channel. Ways to support us: Subscribe to YouTube (it's free) 👉https://www.youtube.com/@adamandvickistravels?sub_confirmation=1 Become a Patreon 👉patreon.com/adamandvickistravels FOLLOW US: Website 👉https://www.adamandvickistravels.co.nz/ Pinterest 👉 www.pinterest.com/adamandvickistravels Facebook 👉 https://www.facebook.com/adamandvickistravels/ Instagram 👉https://www.instagram.com/adamandvickistravels/ Music from Epidemic Sound. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------We’re Adam and Vicki. After years of being career focused, we decided it was time to shake things up and sought a lifestyle that would provide us with new experiences, humble us, allow us to visit remote locations, and experience new cultures. In 2021, we traded our regular suburban lifestyle for a nomadic one and moved aboard our sailboat, Te Tāiko, a Chico 40. After three years sailing in New Zealand and preparing for Category 1 (regulations for New Zealand registered vessels planning to sail offshore), we set sail from New Zealand to Fiji on the 23 May 2024. This would be Vicki and Tāiko's first ocean passage and Adam's third. We have since sailed to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, where we will be during the cyclone season. We fund our lifestyle by working part time. This sometimes involves returning to New Zealand to help top up the bank account. The other avenue is through our content creation where we document our journey though YouTube videos and our our social media accounts and website. We would love for you to follow our progress as we navigate a nomadic lifestyle. If our content is something that you enjoy, please consider supporting our channel. You can do so by: Subscribing to our YouTube channel, and supporting us by watching our videos, giving us a like, leaving us a comment, and/or with Super Thanks Joining the crew on Patreon Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest Regularly visit our website All links provided above. However you choose to support us, we are sincerely grateful. A big thank you for taking the time to stop by. #boatlife #boat #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailing #travel #sailinglife