Blog 20 It’s been a while since Sonia dropped me of at the airport. I picked up my car and headed for Raglan, where I arrived around 9 pm. It was great to see Anne again. She and Dean share their house with another couple: Ilse and Maurice: Dutchies. The next morning Anne, Ilse and I went for a surf at Ruapuke: a 40 minute drive on a dirt road, but worth it, since there were no waves at Raglan beach. Ruapuke was not big small, but we had some fun waves. After...

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Blog 19 – New Zealand When I arrived at Auckland airport, Sonia was there to pick me up. We went all the way to the east coast, the Bay of Islands, Bay of pleanty, Tauranga, where her mum lived. It was quite a drive, but a very beautiful one. New Zealand is stunning! After a chat and some tea is was time for bed, cause we had some busy days coming. Monday morning, Sonia had an appointment in town, so I joined Joy and her friend for a walk around the mountain ...

Blog 18 Saturday turned out to be a computer day: wrote my blog, did my Dutch taxes and talked on skype with family. Saturday evening I went out for dinner with Ash, Ask's brother Nathan, Shaun, Ernst and Suzan. We went to a Tex Mex and had a really nice dinner. As there were hypes of props there we dared each other to use those in some pictures (check pictures!!). After that I had a good night sleep and I slept in a bit, since the surf wasn't going to be great ...

Blog 17 – Philip Island Sunday afternoon I left Tathra. I didn’t really want to leave, because I had such a great time with Phil and Susan, but well, that’s what travelling is about: meeting new friends and leaving them behind.. that doesn’t mean you’ll never see them again obviously! Sunday night I slept in my car again in the Ben Boyd National Park at Saltwater Creek, but only after a surf. There was nobody in the water and the surf looked not too b...