April 2 Today is the day I part ways with the campervan. It has treated me well. I spent the night about an hour away from Auckland and took my time cleaning up the van and finding a hostel in the city this morning. Oh, I also found a plug in heater deep inside the […]
Read More →Apr 1 April Fools Day. It looks like it’s a thing out here too. Luckily no one pulled any fast ones on me. I wake up to 14 days of clothes hanging all over the campervan. Half of the items are still wet. There is a clothes line nearby so I bring my clothes over […]
Read More →Mar 29 The weather was overcast again today and a bit chilly. It’s becoming a trend. My legs aren’t as bad as I expected which is a good thing; there is another long day of hiking planned for today. CG was planning to join me for this day as well, Mt. Cook and Tekapo, […]
Read More →March 28 part2 The clock hits about 12:30 by the time we make it to Roy’s Peak trail. This trail is about a 6-7 hour total trip with 11km distance there and back and 1,300 meters of total climb (the part we went to was 1100-1200 meters). It is a trail on private property with […]
Read More →March 24 I wake up around 9am; it felt good to sleep in again. It is a bit gloomy; there is still a light drizzle coming down and there are clouds blocking the highest points of the mountains. The Milford Sound cruise is set for 12:30pm so I have plenty of time to make my […]
Read More →March 23 Today was a more relaxed day, which can also be taken to mean today’s post will be more boring. However there are some pretty cool pics so maybe just skip to the pictures, unless you’re bored, then read along. I’m just warning you ahead of time. I don’t want to see your hate […]
Read More →March 22 I made it to bed around 1am the night before after showering at the campsite. It took a bit longer than planned since the campsite had a shower stall they were working on so they turned off all the water. Oh, well, ’tis life. Alarm goes off at 6:30am and time to get […]
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