Internet access here is not like Canada/US – the hotel was supposed to have it at a price but it failed to work and nobody knew why. So the blog will not get updated as often as I would have liked.
Arrived safely in NZ at dawn (~
Sunday 2nd December
We picked up the campervan on Sunday morning (for those in the UK/North America) we are one day ahead of you – mind-bending and had a delicious lunch with my cousin and his wife who lives just North of Auckland. Haven’t seen him since I was 8 years old. His brother and wife (who live in the
Monday 3rd December
Last night we parked next to a beach in the most beautiful place – wish we owned real estate there. We woke up to the sound of the Pacific surf (I swam in it – not warm) and the first really nice weather we’ve seen so far. Today we are moving on again and just stopped in Paihia to get more stuff and access the Internet. We are heading to the Northern tip of the North Island of New Zealand.