Week Commencing 24 September - PATIENCE IN PUKEKOHE As the week progresses it becomes apparent that, what we thought would be a quick and easy process to get the Tiger back in our possession, is not as we first thought. The first call to Jenners, the shipping agent in Auckland, on Monday morning gives us no reason to doubt that by Thursday, at the latest, we would be on the road and on our way to Northland and the Coromandel. A second call on Wednesday to see ...

We are back in New Zealand,staying with John and Margeret in Auckland and have made new travel plans. We are going to collect the bike from the freighters in the next couple of days and tour Northland to Cape Reinga,around The Coromandel Peninsular and travel to Wellington via the East Cape so watch this space for Blogs and photo's We will see about working up to Christmas and then take off again for the US and the UK after that. In our last blog from Chile we sa...

With only one week before departure we had a farewell party with the Wellington RATs (Riders Association of Triumph for the uninitiated) which was very kindly hosted by Damian and Catherine. Thanks to everyone who were able to join us. On Tuesday evening we had our "family" farewell party with Mick, Moira, Lyn, Gemma and Siana and were treated to a traditional Kiwi dinner, had to have the roast lamb and Pavlova! On Wednesday we left Wellington to spe...

We are currently in Auckland for a few days,staying with friends John and Margeret Sickling until we fly to Chile on the 15th Sept.