Tauranga
Trip Start
Sep 02, 2007
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Trip End
May 13, 2009
Tauranga,
North Island,
New Zealand
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Dean - a long haired hippy looking Brummie
Lee - a shorter, wider, non hioppie version of Dean - with a really good taste in music
Edd - A Oxford graduate who has just arived from Asia
The Van is called Eclipse and has a kitchen area, is bright Orange and it is a squeesze - it also has chronic battery problems - not good!
Ok, we never made it to Rotorura today but we saw amazing sights! The weather was great today, we went along to Hot Water Bay hoping to arive at the right point where you dig a big hole in the sand and enjoy the hot water
Funky Pic
. Unfortunatly it has to be at low tide at 2.37pm and we arived at 11am - so we didnt do that. Instread we went body surfing on increadible waves - Edd was pretty good and I got wiped out several times - it was very cool though! There are loads of others hiring vans from various companies and anytime we see another spaceship we give them a beep.Cathedral Cove was next - an amazing limestone arch on the coast and it was a great sight - there were really cool rocks to climb here and great waterfalls and snoorkling - a very, very cool place. Then we hopped back into the car and drove to Tauranga which was quite a drive but the scenary was absolutly stunning - so very nice and we are not even in the south Island yet!
Tauranga is a big city, we drove into town, had our obligitory pool and beer and Dean and Lee Camped on the beach while me and Edd slept in the Van - worked out much better than the previous night but we are not eating well - any more pot noodles, soup or pasta and I will go crazy!
Im getting on with everyone pretty well, some better than others but it is all working out better than expected so far - lets hope it continues!
