Hi everyone, how's it goin', we're sweet! We have been shakin' our dags around the north island for the last two weeks. Abby has been trying to wear her jandals as much as possible (Eric does not have any). Yes we have been here too long and we have started to talk kiwi. Why say 'you're welcome' when you can say 'no worries'. We still love New Zealand, but have noticed a few anomalies that would make it difficult to live here permanently. Like the driving, gener...

Hi all! Having collected our campervan, we have commenced a sort of clockwise tour around South Island. You can camp anywhere here, unless it says otherwise. So we have paid to camp at a proper campsite (showers, plug in electricity, waste dump, clean water, laundry, etc) about one in every three nights. The others we have 'freecamped' out in the middle of nowhere or used NZ Dept of Conservation campsites for a nominal cost (toilet, and rubbish bin if you are luc...

Well we sure were relieved to leave Saigon , the day that we left the temperature was 97c and getting a bit much. So having landed in New Zealand, like a jilted lover on the rebound we have fallen for this place in a big way. It reminds us of home only brighter, cleaner looking and wider streets. The sun is shining, but you can walk down the street without producing a couple of pints of sweat. It is taking a while to get used to well behaved traffic, we have to...