25/08/10 8.00 I'd been awake for ages because of the horrendous wind that was rocking the van all night. I stepped outside to take a stretch and obtain a better look at the weather - overcast, rainy and very windy. I saw a ranger winding his way along the snake like road and pull into the car park beside us. The large Maori figure wound his window down and asked if I'd slept there, I felt obliged to tell the truth; it didn't take a genius to work out that I ha...

16/08/10 - the worst morning ever The day started off great; I leapt out of the van into the sun and stretched out, breathing in the surrounding lung nectar. I didn't know what day it was and didn't care; I was in a carefree mood. After breakfast we drove further up the unsealed road, within two minutes we realised that our vehicle was unfit for the terrain and Lloyd spun it around on a gravel turning area. However I don't know if he was secretly envious of ...

01/08/10 First of August and a pretty disappointing start to a new month; it was throwing it down and it proceeded to throw down for the duration of the day. We had to laugh though, Lloyd and I made our black pudding and egg breakfast from the comfort of our camper van but guys from the other three vans that had congregated around us were stood at the back of their vehicles cooking whilst getting drenched. We headed into the city and parked the van on Oriental...

23/07/10 New Zealand 3.00 was dreadful time to check in, we were both shattered and the check in woman was a power hungry b**** and refused to accept my e-ticket which I showed her on my net book. She told us that she couldn't accept it unless it was printed out, she sent us to the customer service desk which didn't open until 4.00. 4.00 I told the small chappy my predicament but he wasn't for helping us stating that this seems to be a common occurrence wit...