This place is not nick-named "Fartopolis" for nothing. Thank goodness we camped several kilometres outside of Rotorua last night. We had envisioned staying the day here, and possibly even taking advantage of some free thermal baths that the town offered. We toured the museum first and got the whole history of the place which was very interesting, but it boggles the mind that people have been living here with this oppressive smell for that long. The bath...

We are back in Auckland - where it all started. We spent our last couple of days mostly as follows: get up in the morning, have breakie, pack up the White Bullet (at that point we were down to about 3 minutes...), hit the road in search of the perfect little cafe with lots of free magazines and newspapers where we would spend a good two hours nursing a "flat white" and sharing some bakings... life is good . Then some sight seeing, people watching - whic...

Hi Everyone, We've just arrived back on the North Island after a wonderful tour of the Southern Island. It was way less populated and busy and way more wild than the Northern island. We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary in the Abel Tasman area. We managed to shake the cyclones that had been following us and the weather there was flawless. We decided that a place as beautiful as this deserved a special activity so we rented Sea Kayaks for 2 days. It was such...

It's been a little while since we signed in. We've been a bit in the boonies. We made our way down the east coast (cleverly keeping the car on the proper side for all the coastal roadside pullouts). Some hits and misses along the way. Both of our butts and backs are getting a little tired of the driving but we knew this was coming and we know there's an end to it so don't feel too sorry for us. The southern sea was really beautiful. We made extremely slow progres...

Well, this is what the seagulls in New Plymouth thought of me . With the wind that was howling by the port I'm impressed at their accuracy. I'm also slightly curious about their diet. If I was laughing that hard, I can't imagine what a good time they were having. Our drive from Wanganui was fairly uneventful. We usually look forward to a lunch/beer break in the early afternoon. Foxton Beach was the perfect location for a grilled cheese sandwich and a cool one, b...