Before leaving the North Island we had a quick visit to Mount Vic then a tour of Te Papa.
The ferry crossing was uneventful and we finished off a drive to Nelson.
Before leaving the North Island we had a quick visit to Mount Vic then a tour of Te Papa.
The ferry crossing was uneventful and we finished off a drive to Nelson.
Big drive today from Napier to Wellington. To break the journey we stopped to visit Kirsty in Palmerston North. She kindly provided us with coffee and lunch.
We continued to Wellington and after checking in we all went walkabout.




Napier art deco capital of New Zealand. We had a cycle ride into town and a guided tour by Sister Susan.


After a short pause we then went for a drive to Te Mara Point



Well day 2 started with a detour to pick up some fish to take over to Susan.
Then it was off to Napier, going via Rotorua and Taupo.
Well this is day 3 of Matt in NZ
Day 1 was Auckland.
Day 2 Auckland and bus to Hamilton.
So although this is day 3 it is only day 1 of the big tour.
Today Matt went to Waitomo Caves, Bridal Veil Falls and Hobbiton


Although I haven’t been posting resently I have been busy with other things. Renovating, walking, eating & sleeping.
Here is one of the shorter walks we have been doing.
Took this one in the morning. It didn’t take us nearly 2 hrs. I just forgot to turn the tracker off.
Followed by a longer one after tea.
Today will be the final push to LA, Jo want to get up and leave at 5.00 as in our real time that will be 7.00. Yes we have found both the hours we lost on the way out to Kentucky. The problem with that is we will arrive at LAX before lunch and our flight isn’t until 10.00 pm.
As it is we leave before 8.00 and already Google is saying there is at least 30 mins delay.
As it turns out google is wrong and we head off to the beach for a stroll before returning the car.
There in is another thing for Jo to worry about. Part of our deal was a free wifi enabled tablet, that gave us calls and a wifi hotspot. This was because we had spent over £500 ordering it in the uk. Will they charge us for the unit as we are returning the car early and will be under the required spend.
All turned out ok in the end we weren’t charged for the unit.
And another long drive today, the last hopefully. Final stop is Kingman AZ, tomorrow it’s LA and then a flight home.
To break the trip up we ‘stood on the corner of Winslow Arizona’

And are now sat infront of the fire at our hotel.

Oh, Jo played me a tune as well.

A full day’s drive today.
Stopped of to see a Cadilac farm.


Ended up in Santa Rosa NM Still haven’t seen any aliens but did manage to find one of the hours we lost last week.