We got up this morning and got the van ready to go. We said our goodbyes again to Sam and Steph who are now going to make their way to Auckland to fly early Thursday morning to Christchurch, picking up another camper and exploring the south island. It was strange saying goodbye again, we have promised to meet up in the UK at some point though. So we got in our van and set off for Mata Mata, the home of Hobbiton. It didn’t take too long to get there. We did have...

It’s my birthday today! It feels so strange to be my birthday, when we first planned our trip our date we were due home was 12th June. We then wouldn’t have been away for it but here we are in a campervan in the middle of New Zealand. We got a few bits done this morning that needed doing as we were at a proper campsite then Sam and Steph came across to ours with a sack full of balloons, they’d written on one like a card and brought presents. A bottle of win...