So my post today comes from Mount Maunganui and my tent!!!! Yes I have adventured out and have just got back from the pub, to my snug 2 man tent!! But I am alone before you all ask.. So today before I arrived here, I took a drive from my detour night stop over at Rotorua to Lake Tikitapu and Lake Rotokakahi. These two lakes sit side by side and one is blue and the other is green. The green one is Tapu (sacred) and no one is allowed to swim or go into!!! Lovely v...

After waking up with sunburn but a good night sleep, I spent the day visiting Rothesay Bay, Browns Bay & Mairangi. Swimming, shopping, drinking. What beautiful beaches and walks. North shore certainly was a lovely place to be, but it was time for me to leave to "Jaffers" and move to my next stop Hamilton. So on day 3, and without getting lost..I make my way south. Sue, (my sisters kiwi mummy), is the most loveliest, warning, mummy figure you could ask fo...

MayYoke was my new flight best friend... I didn't even attempt some of the Chinese words, but her English was very good... I understood her when she said" you don't look older enough to have 19 year old children"!! It was though, probably the the worst flight ever... So we land at a cloudy Auckland and I am just so excited. After picking up my little "Gal611" TIIDA car, (Gal611 being my number plate) it was time to head up to North shore and visit Heidi... What...