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 from civilized New Zealand. We arrived after 10 really nice days in the Cook Islands. Very relaxed, and VERY tropical. We were 2 sweaty little Canadians. We spent most of our time on Rarotonga with a short side trip to Aitutaki. The people in the Cooks were unbelievably friendly. Like no other place we've ever been. You could walk up to what would normally be surly teenagers and just start chatting to them about the surf conditions. The local cuisine left a lo...