So tonight is night 8 of our travels. Mummy is writing this for me as I am tucked up in bed and Daddy has gone out for the night, more about this later. Since the last blog we have travelled 500 kms and are nearly at the bottom of the North Island. We have visited a vineyard called, Craggy Range, where Daddy sampled 7, yes 7, different wines (u can guess who was driving) and bought 2 bottles of wine. Mummy and I looked at the flowers and visited the toilets,...

My Daddy was in his element today as we went around the film set for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. . Mummy looked less impressed and I kept knocking on doors thinking someone might answer. Daddy thought they were away for their lunch. Daddy has taken loads and loads of pictures which I am sure he will publish as some point. We are currently at Lake Taupo, which is night 5 of the big 'glampervan' trip. Our campsite is well cool with plenty of things for l...

Hello, Jessica again.. We are in NZ and having a fabulous time. Auckland was amazing with lots to see and lots to cover on foot or on the city explorer. We are in our van which is bigger enough for 6 yet we've filled it with our stuff with not much space to spare. Today is our 2nd day. We are on the North Island at the moment and will travel further north today. Mummy and Daddy sleep in the bunk above the driver and I sleep at the back of the glampervan. M...

Retrospective entry to tidy things up and remind me of what we've done/where we've been. We left LAX on Saturday night, about 9.30, arriving in Auckland early on Monday morning, not sure what happened on the Sunday in between! Swiftly through C&I to find Don (TAXI MAN) who was ready to whisk us to our appartment. At least he would have done were it not for Auckland's rush hour. We were staying in Bayswater (TAKAPUNA) which meant the city and CBD etc were a...