Back on the road again and off to Waitomo caves (Jim's most anticipated part of the trip)! We arrived, got geared up in wetsuits (our first time this trip) and departed to explore the caves. We picked up innertubes along the way, right before we walked down into the depths of the cave. Once we got inside, im not gonna lie, it was a little bit claustrophobic (I may have had one mini panic attack) but once i settled in, it was a sweet time. we crawled through small...

After the caves we booked it to Hamilton to celebrate my 26th bday. This was also a special day for our group becasue a very important concept was born - urban camping! Basically, the main objective was to find a perfect parking spot for our RV that was both free and conducive for stumbling home from the bars. We found an ideal location and started getting ready for the night; we did not, however, remember to shut the waste water valve while we were showering (ro...

I was nominated to be the first driver out of Aukland to our first destination, hot water beach. I pretty much set the tone as the best RV driver of the trip with that first leg (we made unreal time and only 50% of us were nauseated after all the mountains we had to wind through). When we got to our destination, it was surreal - hundreds of people with shovels and swim suits hanging out in dug-out "hot tubs" warmed by the geothermal springs beneath the sands and ...

Our epic journey begins.... We got off the 24 hour+ journey and hit the ground running. We went to pick up our mode of transportation/mobile hotel for the next 16 days. Unbeknownst to us, we were upgraded to the 6 berth deluxe version. How would 4 assclowns manage to drive this huge RV on the opposite side of the road on small winding mountain pass roads...only time would tell!