A chronicle of our travels around the world
Our five night stop in Rotorua was jam-packed with activity. Although originally just a “base of operations” for driving around the central region of the North Island, we discovered that the city itself had a lot to offer as well. But the main highlight, I’ll have to admit, was visiting the very authentic set of …
The lush Coromandel Peninsula gave us some miserable weather, but also one of the nicest sunrises as well.
After our night at the top of New Zealand, we started backtracking south, heading for the Coromandel Peninsula.
After Paihia we spent the day driving all the way up to Cape Reinga, the northern-most tip of of New Zealand.
We chose Paihia as our base of operations for the Bay of Islands area, which was a cute little sleepy seaside town.
After two weeks stationed in Auckland, we were itching to get out on the road. Piha was our first destination.
We arrived in Auckland and can’t wait to leave it!