Not much to report as today was a solid days driving from Wellington to Auckland with a new driver - Ali Baba.  Bumped into MIchelle again who was coming up to Auckland to do the N.I. part that I did at the start of my travels in N.Z.  Brekko stop was at the Flat Hills Cafe in the middle of nowhere.  On the way we also went throug...

Landed in Auckland on the 11th of April with Dan from the Uk due to arrive on the 16th so i decided to chill out for a few days. Went to the museum in Auckland which for a museum was pretty state of the art. Made some more Thai friends in a restaurant and ended up going with them to Song Kran (thai new year) which was alot more sedate than the f...

We arrived in New Zealand after almost 2 months of Australia and the first thing we had to confront were the bio-chem guys at the airport. Your arrival card has 20 questions concerning your whereabouts for the last month, your luggage contents, the state of your washing, your dietary preferences, your relationships with animals and whether you h...

After a simple and uneventful flight we landed in Auckland excited to see our new van which was to be our home for the next two months. Unfortunately there was a slight mix up between the booking company and Eurocampers which meant that they weren't there to pick us up (tour operators fault...). Infact they thought that we were not going to be t...

Hello All, We are sad to say this our very last day in New Zealand, but at the same time we are ready and excited to move on to new adventures. We ended our trip on a perfect note, in the beautiful Bay of Islands in the Far North. Our first night was spent just chillin' in Opononi by the beach. The quaint little town is right on the bay, and alt...

Personnellement j'ai beaucoup aime. L'entrée est un peu cher mais l'endroit est plutot sympa. Bon en fait je crois que j'ai bien aime car c'est la premiere fois que je vais dans ce genre d'endroit. Mais evidemment si je ne vous dit pas ce que c'est vous n'allez pas comprendre de quoi je parle: Kelly tarton's est un aquarium. Il y a trois grands ...

A long day's driving brought us up to Auckland where we stayed at the ACB and Moggers met a long-lost relative behind the counter. The Globe bar below the hostel offered a free drink, free sausages and the first ever known event of human curling i.e. three men in wetsuits being thrown down a tarpaulin covered in washing-up liquid. Although this ...

When you arrive at Auckland international airport, the customs is tighter than trying to leave Los Angeles LAX with a pistol in your pocket! We were sniffed by two dogs and had to admit to having once carried oranges and bananas in the backpack. Then we were sent through a crazy BIOSECURITY screening area with so many guards you'd expect a priso...

The last couple of days I spent just getting used to my surroundings and getting a few bits and pieces that I was needing, like some warm clothes as even though it was pretty mild it was raining every day so far so got me some water proof clothing as it seems as though I'm going to need it at least until the summer months come in. Met up with th...

We arrive in Auckland and are picked up by our friend from home and the girl we're staying with.  Takapuna on the North Shore is our base for the next 10 days.  Our days are spent driving round Auckland in a borrowed car, we took a trip up the Sky Tower and had our lunch while rotating round the top, some brave soul jumped from the top...