After the numerous bus journeys in South America, we were excited about the freedom of pootling around New Zealand in a campervan. Due to the time of year we managed to upgrade to a high top Hiace van instead of the planned converted car, with much more room and a proper kitchen to cook inside if the weather was a little inclement, giving us a better chance of surviving the 6 weeks travelling in winter together!On picking up the keys we set off out of Auckland o...

The long flight from Santiago was helped by a couple of drinks and a movie or two, we arrived into New Zealand at 4.30 am, so the city was still asleep. Weirdly due to crossing time zones, we would never have the 22nd May 2013, forever to be known as the day that never was! It felt great to be back in an English speaking country, lot's of people had told us to get out of Auckland as soon as possible but we wanted to at least see what it had to offer. In what mu...