Finally we arrived in New Zealand and picked up our camper van,after an 11 hour flight from K L, on which we tried to sleep but young children kept us awake crying most of the night,but we got here safely. We picked up budget Bertha our camper van and it is very cosy - and quite small but we are coping - so far! We reached our first campsite about half an hour north of Auckland and parked approx 100 yds from the beach, with good views of the sea and lots of local...

First night in budget Bertha!

Eric - Today we are off to NZ, our flight does not leave until 9.50pm Malay time (1.50 UK time).This morning Claire felt a little poorly so I went into town on my own, and had a great time sightseeing and buying more goods from the market. I went into town on a bus aptly named hop on hop off which basically means you can hop on and hop off at any one of 23 stops, I managed to see so many things- the Royal palace, nature gardens and bird sanctuary, the national m...

Well it's day two and after a huge sleep we are ready for today's adventure. We came down for breakfast and were confronted by the biggest selection of food from all over the world, but the strangest thing was beef bacon.?!? We then headed out on the handy hop on hop off bus to see the sights. first stop KLCC, lovely green space with water fountains surrounded by huge modern buildings i.e. Petronas towers, with a shopping centre at one end, lots of familiar shop...

Marathon journey meant we arrived at our hotel at 9pm KL time (+8 GMT), after train and tube in UK, 12 hour plane journey, followed by express train into KL and then taxi to the hotel. We got to sit upstairs on the plane - never climbed a spiral staircase on a plane before! The journey was fine, not much sleep but some nice Malaysian food to eat - spicy prawn curry for breakfast! Arrived at the hotel, to enter a very palatial lobby and were immediately offered ...