We travelled

We are campervaners extraordinaire. That is I don't know anyone who has had so many issues and continued "their journey". The fridge has broken down. How much worse could it get? Someone suggested it might not start so we rushed to check- yes it started so we moved to Nelson- a lovely cosmopolitan town apparently full of artists. What makes the town more special is that it has a gluten free bakery! We ate 2 pies and I think I can now say pies are n...

Yesterday we had an immediate response to our email about the little problems we are having with the van. A cool guy called Simon turned up with his kids to help us out. First he tells us we have no water because we have not switched it on-(we think Brian told us to leave that switch alone). Then he thinks the water tank is empty altho Brian filled it up when we were in the van and we have had no water since. So Simon drives the van to the middle of the site...

Driving a campervan in nz This is fun, if you consider it as an adventure sport. The rules are 1. Stay on the roadDeal with adverse cambers, hairpin bends, single lane bridges, landslides, crosswinds and roadworks with almost non existant traffic management. 2. Ignore all external distractionsDeal with awesome scenery, the convoy building up behind and the huge timber wagon on your bumper trying to build up max speed before the next hill. 3. Learn to enjoy a...

Today we had a flakey bounty moment that any 30+ will understand- only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate tastes like chocolate never tasted before. Oh and we were the Bounty hunters- remember? We had to travel 30 mins in a fast boat at sea, were dropped off on a spectacular beach and walked in Abel Tasmin National Park for about 40 minutes and came to a dream beach. We had to make sure one of us stayed awake so we could walk back to catch the sea taxi back to...