Hamilton Motels

... had a wander around the town for a short while.  To be fair there is nothing particularly touristy in Hamilton - it would appear most of the motels cater for people passing through on their way to somewhere else.  But it served its purpose for ...

... leave Northland (as the northern most part of New Zealand is originally named) drive South, through Auckland again and then down to Hamilton. And our first challenge, rising in the dark and the mist to catch the car ferry across the river. We did this so ...

... find a place there.  Well the town was packed!  there was no place to stay... oh well, I will head on to Hamilton.  The town was clearly a surfing town as pretty much everyone had a board tucked under their arm.  Have to keep this in ...

... the perfect spot for a late lunch. We decided it didn't warrant a night's stay, however, so we kept on until we reached Hamilton. The scenery in New Zealand is mindboggling. You find yourself in a valley of rolling hills and then you cross a ridge and ...

... and darkness the worms look like a million stars twinkling in the sky. Just magical and silencing even the sceptical Westwoods. Hamilton our next destination, not particularly for any purpose other than to get tickets for the All Blacks' test against ...

... (met them in Houston, TX) and ended up getting a tour of the city after our lakeside dinner. We drove around Hamilton Harbor - yikes! - what an ecological disaster. The water is black from all the coal being offloaded onto the docks from the cargo ...