NZ19

The holiday began with approximately 30 hours of packing and sorting... split by the London fireworks in the middle.

Today was all about getting ready. We got up at 7 - Jess slept well, and I ‘slept’ - and wandered down to Kohi beach for breakfast (my first proper coffee since we left home!) - and my water baby wife had a dip in the Hauraki Gulf...

We started the day as we did yesterday: down at Kohi Beach, where Jess went for a swim, Ben drank a nice coffee, and then we sat and had breakfast in the beach-side café. Today was the day the advent..

And so, it was back to the van for some dinner and clothes drying... Jess made herself a little cooking nest behind the van, using various plastic lids to shield the camp stove from the wind that was ..

What can I say. We’ve just got back from our meal tonight – at a South Indian restaurant called Arranged Marriage. It’s rated as one of the best restaurants in Palmerston North, which is known for hav..

Wellington is proclaimed to be the ‘craft beer capital of the Southern hemisphere’ – with a number of craft beer breweries and pubs all close together in the city centre. Having got the earlier f..

We woke up in Taranaki much as we’d gone to bed: with complete cloud cover. The view from the van was even worse – you wouldn’t even know there’s a 2,500m high volcano out there! We’d had a bit o..

Well we’re finally here... our last meal in NZ, shortly before our flight leaves for Heathrow via Singapore. This is breakfast for ‘one’... we shared it! A glass of MiruMiru sparkling wine to wake up ..