Dernière journée dans l'île du nord et première grosse journée de route. On se relaye derrière le volant durant les 5 heures de route. Sur le chemin ya pas grand chose à voir. Ca tombe plutôt bien car c'est samedi et la réception de l'hôtel ferme à 17 heures. En arrivant vers la côte ouest l'urbanisation et le trafic s'intensifient. On en profit...

After two weeks of walking, we got a car today. Not much looking involved; I found something that looked good and in the right price range, and bought it. It's a '97 Honda Civic hatch...how exciting, I know. But we wanted something cheap that will reliably get us from A to B, and this is that. In plenty good shape for a 10 year old car. So that ...

We started out early today, around 8:00, to take the Marine Drive Tour (as shown in DK's Eyewitness Travel New Zealand book). Following this led us from Oriental Bay all the way around the south point of North Island to The Esplanade. Along the way, we saw people walking and jogging, with and without dogs (this area is where I saw the most dogs)...

2ter August bis 5ter August - Wellington Kein guter Start fuer Wellington, wir fuehlten uns Beide ziemlich mies! Ich hatte eine ziemlich schlimme Erkaeltung und Martha war die ganze Nacht schlecht. Die Reise im Bus war trotzdem nicht so schlimm und die Gegend war sehr schoen. Am naechsten Tag, nach der Ankunft, gingen wir auf eine kleine Stadtwa...

Jonny: After yesterday's cold, wet and windy weather (at least Loughborough only does two at once) I dressed accordingly; the sun duly came out, and I spent much of the day carrying my waterproof and fleece and feeling rather too warm. No matter... I'd spotted an art exhibition in a What's On guide, so in the morning we made our way to the Civic...

So, caught my flight over to Wellington, the windy city, i'll say! Managed to get quickly through customs although nearly got myself a $250 on the spot fine for carrying a McDonny's apple through. No fruit, veg, plants etc to go through, but thankfully i declared it and got it out of my bag before they went through the scanners. For some reason ...