New Zealand Index

Auckland
Northland
Heading South
Wellington
Traveling again
West Coast
Picking Apples
Road to Qtown
Kinloch
Southland
Queenstown
Heading North
Queen Charlette Wilderness Park
to Taranaki
Central Plateau
The End

So, now I’m driving. It’s not hard, but it is a little strange. First thing I’m getting on the speedway. And this is like any freeway, divided, multilane, high-speed, it could be anywhere, But then within 20 or so minutes, We are completely out in the country. The read turns into a very curvy, 2 lane, just like they were saying all the roads were like. Some of the hills, with all of us, and all the bags, my little car could barely make. The first stop was the “Café Utopia” this little strange place on the side of the road boasting all organic food and drink. It was very strange. So we had our snack here, and then kept on trucking. AS we were driving, was passed through a seaside village, and stopped for a little break, at Cable bay. Next we tried to stop at these caves with glowworms. But there was nobody around, and apparently the last tour of the day was under way. So that just meant that if we wanted to go, it would cost more, and we would have to wait for half an hour.

So we took off, and through about catching them on the way back. Next we stopped at the toilets in Kawakawa. These were the first public building designed by Hundertwasser. I’ve told a lot of people about him, from my trip to Vienna. In his later life, he moved to New Zealand for the great environment. I had forgotten about this so when we got here, I was much surprised and delighted. Then we made it to Paihia, and the bay of islands. This was as far as we made on day one. We found a hostel, met some more Americans on the BUNAC program (how many are there?), when out drinking, and then went to bed.