Day 7 I am Frodo Crazy weather they have in NZ. I woke up once again to a sunny warm day, but after about 1 hour of riding, this HUGE dark grey thing in the sky loomed over my head and pushed all the blue away in the sky, leaving a dark canopy of doom! I got rained on, but only for about 30 mins, then it cleared again to blue skies with some clouds. weird. It got a bit chilly today, but then when I arrived at Lake Taupo, it got warmer, then hot, then really h...

Day 6 The "not so" Mystical east cape. Woke up to another beautiful sunny day, A bit cloudy but not bad at all. Today we ride the Mystical east cape around to the cool surfing town of Gisborne. Things George has noticed about NZ (part 1) There are SO many very cool trees here in NZ, also weird birds that I have never seen before. Though one thing that strikes me odd is... All of the beachfront houses here in NZ (that I've seen anyway) well, none of ...

Day 5 My own beach Woke up to yet another beautiful sunny day. Though there was a bit of a chill in the air today, but not too bad. Im also getting very used to riding on the left hand side of the road. Seems almost natural now, weird. THis mornings ride was a bit of a waste. I road west towards Matamata, where the Shire from Lord of the rings is supposed to be. "Hobbiton" as they call it here. Well. I rode and I rode and I rode and I couldnt find i...

NZ Day 4 My Mecca I woke up to a sunny and hot day again. AWESOME! Today is all about ME. YOU missed out on EVERYTHING! sigh. I can't take you anywhere it seems. Today was a gorgeous day. I met a lovely kiwi woman and her daughter this morning. We chatted up while I was loading the bike. (THAT always happens, its like an invitation to talk to me) But its all good! She was from Auckland and we talked for a few mins about things. She was super nice as all kiw...

Day 3 Flash back! I slept great again last night, did you? Woke up to a warm beautiful sunny morning, loaded up the bike, and got under way around 10AM. Today was going to be a long day, possibly the longest of my whole NZ journey. 317 miles today. Oh, I've done more, LOTS more in one day, but NZ miles are way different then any other place. There are no straight lines here, just twist and turns all over the place. A motobikers dream. There are also tons of r...