Time for another update I think!
Back together again!
Femke successfully arrive in Australia after a very long flight on the morning of the 24th of July. We were happily reunited at the airport after me waiting very impatiently. We then set off for four days of relaxation at Lillypillys cottages which is located near Montville. They [...]
This is a break from previous blog entries. All blog entries up until now have been in chronological order. The last blog entry is up to Napier which is a while ago and a lot has happened since then. I am breaking the order as Fem and I recently had a serious ordeal on the [...]
When we were in Wellington, Fem and I agreed to change our path of travel on the North Island. This was to avoid a large bunch of storms that were threatening Tongaririo National Park.
Instead of slowly making our north and crisscrossing the island when needed, we were now going to do a U shaped [...]
The night of 20th of August will go down as the coldest night we EVER spent in a tent. It got down to –4 degrees.
We both shivered and tried to stay warm, but at that temperature it’s almost impossible. To make matters worse, the air mattress we had (bought in Dunedin) had a slow [...]
After leaving Wellington, we were heading for Castlepoint. But on the way was the set of Rivendell from the Lord of the Rings movies. Since I am a pretty big fan, of course we had to stop by. After first stopping by a water reservoir with a great view, we took the turn off to [...]
