20160401Our lunch stop after departing the Rotorua area was the last of a chain of lakes stretching to the east of Lake Rotorua called Lake Rotoma. Water sports were popular on all these lakes particularly this one. Canoeing, fishing and speedboat activities were everywhere and right next to us a guy launched the most well equiped kayak canoe I have ever seen with all the fishing gear including fish finders and depth sounding. We visited Whakatane (pronounced 'f*...

Deciding to fly to New Zealand (NZ) for a holiday was not a hard decision nor did it take long to organise. We decided early (ie. Jan 2016) that riding and renting a bike was not practical given that we both just wanted to relax and cruise without the worry of having to cart all our camping gear for a short 3 week vaction. So motorhome it was. Several nights were spent seaching for them online and altho we settled on deals at the opposite end of the spectrum, my...